When is Azure francecentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-04 08:37 UTC
The Azure francecentral region runs in Paris, France, on the France 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 31% of France's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:30 UTC at roughly 43% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 8% around 19:30 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure francecentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 08:30 | 13521 | 47245 | -33724 | 29% |
| Tue 08:45 | 14488 | 47402 | -32914 | 31% |
| Tue 09:00 | 15427 | 47560 | -32133 | 32% |
| Tue 09:15 | 16330 | 48122 | -31792 | 34% |
| Tue 09:30 | 17124 | 48685 | -31561 | 35% |
| Tue 09:45 | 17712 | 49720 | -32008 | 36% |
| Tue 10:00 | 18395 | 50755 | -32360 | 36% |
| Tue 10:15 | 19065 | 50568 | -31503 | 38% |
| Tue 10:30 | 19876 | 50381 | -30505 | 39% |
| Tue 10:45 | 20385 | 50622 | -30236 | 40% |
| Tue 11:00 | 20900 | 50862 | -29962 | 41% |
| Tue 11:15 | 21167 | 50360 | -29193 | 42% |
| Tue 11:30 | 21456 | 49859 | -28403 | 43% |
| Tue 11:45 | 21468 | 49986 | -28518 | 43% |
| Tue 12:00 | 21536 | 50113 | -28577 | 43% |
| Tue 12:15 | 21551 | 50808 | -29258 | 42% |
| Tue 12:30 | 21602 | 51504 | -29902 | 42% |
| Tue 12:45 | 21475 | 51452 | -29977 | 42% |
| Tue 13:00 | 21321 | 51400 | -30079 | 41% |
| Tue 13:15 | 21192 | 50930 | -29738 | 42% |
| Tue 13:30 | 21038 | 50461 | -29423 | 42% |
| Tue 13:45 | 20684 | 50168 | -29484 | 41% |
| Tue 14:00 | 20358 | 49875 | -29517 | 41% |
| Tue 14:15 | 20025 | 49864 | -29840 | 40% |
| Tue 14:30 | 19595 | 49854 | -30259 | 39% |
| Tue 14:45 | 19101 | 49492 | -30392 | 39% |
| Tue 15:00 | 18587 | 49131 | -30544 | 38% |
| Tue 15:15 | 17824 | 49214 | -31390 | 36% |
| Tue 15:30 | 17043 | 49298 | -32255 | 35% |
| Tue 15:45 | 16209 | 49614 | -33406 | 33% |
| Tue 16:00 | 15279 | 49931 | -34652 | 31% |
| Tue 16:15 | 14172 | 49944 | -35771 | 28% |
| Tue 16:30 | 13115 | 49956 | -36841 | 26% |
| Tue 16:45 | 12168 | 50372 | -38204 | 24% |
| Tue 17:00 | 10915 | 50788 | -39873 | 21% |
| Tue 17:15 | 9833 | 50520 | -40687 | 19% |
| Tue 17:30 | 8519 | 50251 | -41732 | 17% |
| Tue 17:45 | 7544 | 49692 | -42147 | 15% |
| Tue 18:00 | 6474 | 49132 | -42658 | 13% |
| Tue 18:15 | 5637 | 48555 | -42918 | 12% |
| Tue 18:30 | 4928 | 47978 | -43050 | 10% |
| Tue 18:45 | 4482 | 47421 | -42939 | 9% |
| Tue 19:00 | 3993 | 46864 | -42871 | 9% |
| Tue 19:15 | 3684 | 46644 | -42959 | 8% |
| Tue 19:30 | 3615 | 46423 | -42808 | 8% |
| Tue 19:45 | 3622 | 46082 | -42460 | 8% |
| Tue 20:00 | 3634 | 45740 | -42106 | 8% |
| Tue 20:15 | 3725 | 46122 | -42397 | 8% |
| Tue 20:30 | 3815 | 46503 | -42688 | 8% |
| Tue 20:45 | 3906 | 46978 | -43072 | 8% |
| Tue 21:00 | 3997 | 47453 | -43456 | 8% |
| Tue 21:15 | 4058 | 46417 | -42359 | 9% |
| Tue 21:30 | 4119 | 45381 | -41262 | 9% |
| Tue 21:45 | 4180 | 44429 | -40249 | 9% |