When is AWS eu-south-1 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-03 08:38 UTC
The AWS eu-south-1 region runs in Milan, Italy, on the Italy 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 52% of Italy's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:45 UTC at roughly 69% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 2% around 18:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for AWS eu-south-1
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 07:45 | 11848 | 29390 | -17542 | 40% |
| Sat 08:00 | 12681 | 28820 | -16139 | 44% |
| Sat 08:15 | 13401 | 28811 | -15410 | 47% |
| Sat 08:30 | 14139 | 28680 | -14541 | 49% |
| Sat 08:45 | 14705 | 28089 | -13384 | 52% |
| Sat 09:00 | 15112 | 27650 | -12538 | 55% |
| Sat 09:15 | 15539 | 27510 | -11971 | 56% |
| Sat 09:30 | 15896 | 27170 | -11274 | 59% |
| Sat 09:45 | 16198 | 26810 | -10612 | 60% |
| Sat 10:00 | 16412 | 26460 | -10048 | 62% |
| Sat 10:15 | 16564 | 26020 | -9456 | 64% |
| Sat 10:30 | 16666 | 25690 | -9024 | 65% |
| Sat 10:45 | 16767 | 25350 | -8583 | 66% |
| Sat 11:00 | 16791 | 25030 | -8239 | 67% |
| Sat 11:15 | 16713 | 24520 | -7807 | 68% |
| Sat 11:30 | 16588 | 24200 | -7612 | 69% |
| Sat 11:45 | 16471 | 24019 | -7548 | 69% |
| Sat 12:00 | 16176 | 23930 | -7754 | 68% |
| Sat 12:15 | 15818 | 23721 | -7903 | 67% |
| Sat 12:30 | 15398 | 23870 | -8472 | 65% |
| Sat 12:45 | 14935 | 23900 | -8965 | 62% |
| Sat 13:00 | 14370 | 24080 | -9710 | 60% |
| Sat 13:15 | 13700 | 24090 | -10390 | 57% |
| Sat 13:30 | 13045 | 24359 | -11314 | 54% |
| Sat 13:45 | 12231 | 24640 | -12409 | 50% |
| Sat 14:00 | 11411 | 25000 | -13589 | 46% |
| Sat 14:15 | 10396 | 25240 | -14844 | 41% |
| Sat 14:30 | 9321 | 25811 | -16490 | 36% |
| Sat 14:45 | 8187 | 26340 | -18153 | 31% |
| Sat 15:00 | 7029 | 27220 | -20191 | 26% |
| Sat 15:15 | 5748 | 27770 | -22022 | 21% |
| Sat 15:30 | 4458 | 28440 | -23982 | 16% |
| Sat 15:45 | 3333 | 29140 | -25807 | 11% |
| Sat 16:00 | 2553 | 29920 | -27367 | 9% |
| Sat 16:15 | 1804 | 30360 | -28556 | 6% |
| Sat 16:30 | 1304 | 30750 | -29446 | 4% |
| Sat 16:45 | 1077 | 31610 | -30533 | 3% |
| Sat 17:00 | 1058 | 32639 | -31581 | 3% |
| Sat 17:15 | 980 | 33090 | -32110 | 3% |
| Sat 17:30 | 924 | 33131 | -32207 | 3% |
| Sat 17:45 | 859 | 32890 | -32031 | 3% |
| Sat 18:00 | 817 | 32361 | -31544 | 3% |
| Sat 18:15 | 775 | 31980 | -31205 | 2% |
| Sat 18:30 | 755 | 31341 | -30586 | 2% |
| Sat 18:45 | 724 | 30869 | -30145 | 2% |
| Sat 19:00 | 730 | 30340 | -29610 | 2% |
| Sat 19:15 | 755 | 29830 | -29075 | 3% |
| Sat 19:30 | 756 | 29370 | -28614 | 3% |
| Sat 19:45 | 788 | 28810 | -28022 | 3% |
| Sat 20:00 | 817 | 28210 | -27393 | 3% |
| Sat 20:15 | 841 | 27649 | -26808 | 3% |
| Sat 20:30 | 866 | 27210 | -26344 | 3% |
| Sat 20:45 | 862 | 26831 | -25969 | 3% |
| Sat 21:15 | 870 | 25880 | -25010 | 3% |
| Sat 21:30 | 841 | 25370 | -24529 | 3% |
| Sat 21:45 | 834 | 24790 | -23956 | 3% |