When is AWS eu-north-1 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-04 08:37 UTC
The AWS eu-north-1 region runs in Stockholm, Sweden, on the Sweden electricity grid. educk forecasts when that grid is greenest — using day-ahead wind & solar and demand data from ENTSO-E — so you can schedule carbon-aware workloads (batch jobs, CI, model training, backups, data pipelines) for the cleanest hours.
- Wind and solar are forecast to cover about 26% of Sweden's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:45 UTC at roughly 31% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 19% around 17:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for AWS eu-north-1
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 08:30 | 3285 | 12884 | -9599 | 25% |
| Tue 08:45 | 3364 | 12897 | -9533 | 26% |
| Tue 09:00 | 3518 | 12901 | -9383 | 27% |
| Tue 09:15 | 3592 | 12897 | -9305 | 28% |
| Tue 09:30 | 3657 | 12889 | -9232 | 28% |
| Tue 09:45 | 3715 | 12879 | -9164 | 29% |
| Tue 10:00 | 3823 | 12865 | -9042 | 30% |
| Tue 10:15 | 3865 | 12859 | -8994 | 30% |
| Tue 10:45 | 3928 | 12867 | -8939 | 31% |
| Tue 11:00 | 3938 | 12875 | -8937 | 31% |
| Tue 11:15 | 3952 | 12883 | -8931 | 31% |
| Tue 11:45 | 3961 | 12876 | -8915 | 31% |
| Tue 12:00 | 3950 | 12865 | -8915 | 31% |
| Tue 12:15 | 3943 | 12856 | -8913 | 31% |
| Tue 12:30 | 3935 | 12855 | -8920 | 31% |
| Tue 12:45 | 3919 | 12860 | -8941 | 30% |
| Tue 13:00 | 3909 | 12869 | -8960 | 30% |
| Tue 13:15 | 3882 | 12868 | -8986 | 30% |
| Tue 13:30 | 3845 | 12856 | -9011 | 30% |
| Tue 13:45 | 3810 | 12831 | -9021 | 30% |
| Tue 14:00 | 3739 | 12809 | -9070 | 29% |
| Tue 14:15 | 3684 | 12797 | -9113 | 29% |
| Tue 14:30 | 3626 | 12810 | -9184 | 28% |
| Tue 14:45 | 3558 | 12849 | -9291 | 28% |
| Tue 15:00 | 3436 | 12911 | -9475 | 27% |
| Tue 15:15 | 3347 | 12947 | -9600 | 26% |
| Tue 15:30 | 3252 | 12956 | -9704 | 25% |
| Tue 15:45 | 3152 | 12935 | -9783 | 24% |
| Tue 16:00 | 2968 | 12893 | -9925 | 23% |
| Tue 16:15 | 2864 | 12855 | -9991 | 22% |
| Tue 16:30 | 2775 | 12825 | -10050 | 22% |
| Tue 16:45 | 2684 | 12804 | -10120 | 21% |
| Tue 17:00 | 2556 | 12785 | -10229 | 20% |
| Tue 17:15 | 2521 | 12765 | -10244 | 20% |
| Tue 17:30 | 2495 | 12734 | -10239 | 20% |
| Tue 17:45 | 2473 | 12696 | -10223 | 19% |
| Tue 18:00 | 2491 | 12645 | -10154 | 20% |
| Tue 18:15 | 2527 | 12598 | -10071 | 20% |
| Tue 18:30 | 2570 | 12554 | -9984 | 20% |
| Tue 18:45 | 2613 | 12512 | -9899 | 21% |
| Tue 19:00 | 2697 | 12459 | -9762 | 22% |
| Tue 19:15 | 2767 | 12407 | -9640 | 22% |
| Tue 19:30 | 2836 | 12346 | -9510 | 23% |
| Tue 19:45 | 2911 | 12274 | -9363 | 24% |
| Tue 20:00 | 3012 | 12180 | -9168 | 25% |
| Tue 20:15 | 3070 | 12079 | -9009 | 25% |
| Tue 20:30 | 3115 | 11962 | -8847 | 26% |
| Tue 20:45 | 3161 | 11827 | -8666 | 27% |
| Tue 21:00 | 3237 | 11669 | -8432 | 28% |
| Tue 21:15 | 3262 | 11529 | -8267 | 28% |
| Tue 21:30 | 3291 | 11399 | -8108 | 29% |
| Tue 21:45 | 3311 | 11281 | -7970 | 29% |