When is Azure norwaywest greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-03 08:38 UTC
The Azure norwaywest region runs in Stavanger, Norway, on the Norway 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 18% of Norway's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 07:45 UTC at roughly 20% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 22:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure norwaywest
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 07:45 | 2772 | 13620 | -10848 | 20% |
| Sat 08:00 | 2660 | 13669 | -11009 | 19% |
| Sat 08:15 | 2606 | 13833 | -11227 | 19% |
| Sat 08:30 | 2551 | 13741 | -11190 | 19% |
| Sat 08:45 | 2495 | 13763 | -11268 | 18% |
| Sat 09:00 | 2418 | 13805 | -11387 | 18% |
| Sat 09:15 | 2356 | 13758 | -11402 | 17% |
| Sat 09:30 | 2274 | 13767 | -11493 | 17% |
| Sat 09:45 | 2196 | 13753 | -11557 | 16% |
| Sat 10:00 | 2134 | 13792 | -11658 | 15% |
| Sat 10:15 | 2079 | 13664 | -11585 | 15% |
| Sat 10:30 | 2033 | 13704 | -11671 | 15% |
| Sat 10:45 | 1994 | 13702 | -11708 | 15% |
| Sat 11:00 | 2018 | 13710 | -11692 | 15% |
| Sat 11:15 | 2016 | 13695 | -11679 | 15% |
| Sat 11:30 | 2019 | 13643 | -11624 | 15% |
| Sat 11:45 | 2018 | 13708 | -11690 | 15% |
| Sat 12:00 | 2111 | 13722 | -11611 | 15% |
| Sat 12:15 | 2148 | 13621 | -11473 | 16% |
| Sat 12:30 | 2189 | 13671 | -11482 | 16% |
| Sat 12:45 | 2233 | 13665 | -11432 | 16% |
| Sat 13:00 | 2303 | 13689 | -11386 | 17% |
| Sat 13:15 | 2351 | 13690 | -11339 | 17% |
| Sat 13:30 | 2399 | 13748 | -11349 | 17% |
| Sat 13:45 | 2454 | 13824 | -11370 | 18% |
| Sat 14:00 | 2498 | 13784 | -11286 | 18% |
| Sat 14:15 | 2532 | 13911 | -11379 | 18% |
| Sat 14:30 | 2562 | 13867 | -11305 | 18% |
| Sat 14:45 | 2591 | 13997 | -11406 | 19% |
| Sat 15:00 | 2669 | 13955 | -11286 | 19% |
| Sat 15:15 | 2676 | 13915 | -11239 | 19% |
| Sat 15:30 | 2681 | 14102 | -11421 | 19% |
| Sat 15:45 | 2692 | 14070 | -11378 | 19% |
| Sat 16:00 | 2662 | 14063 | -11401 | 19% |
| Sat 16:15 | 2651 | 14133 | -11482 | 19% |
| Sat 16:30 | 2644 | 14181 | -11537 | 19% |
| Sat 16:45 | 2641 | 14140 | -11499 | 19% |
| Sat 17:00 | 2588 | 14107 | -11519 | 18% |
| Sat 17:15 | 2577 | 14163 | -11586 | 18% |
| Sat 17:30 | 2554 | 14100 | -11546 | 18% |
| Sat 17:45 | 2537 | 14098 | -11561 | 18% |
| Sat 18:00 | 2441 | 13973 | -11532 | 17% |
| Sat 18:15 | 2422 | 14018 | -11596 | 17% |
| Sat 18:30 | 2406 | 13950 | -11544 | 17% |
| Sat 18:45 | 2397 | 13863 | -11466 | 17% |
| Sat 19:00 | 2320 | 13879 | -11559 | 17% |
| Sat 19:15 | 2317 | 13732 | -11415 | 17% |
| Sat 19:30 | 2313 | 13739 | -11426 | 17% |
| Sat 19:45 | 2312 | 13579 | -11267 | 17% |
| Sat 20:00 | 2262 | 13569 | -11307 | 17% |
| Sat 20:15 | 2260 | 13442 | -11182 | 17% |
| Sat 20:30 | 2261 | 13427 | -11166 | 17% |
| Sat 20:45 | 2256 | 13414 | -11158 | 17% |
| Sat 21:00 | 2209 | 13208 | -10999 | 17% |
| Sat 21:15 | 2204 | 13143 | -10939 | 17% |
| Sat 21:30 | 2196 | 13084 | -10888 | 17% |
| Sat 21:45 | 2188 | 12938 | -10750 | 17% |
| Sat 22:00 | 0 | 13089 | -13089 | 0% |