When is Azure polandcentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-03 08:38 UTC
The Azure polandcentral region runs in Warsaw, Poland, on the Poland 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 24% of Poland's electricity demand around 14:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 08:30 UTC at roughly 54% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 1% around 18:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure polandcentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 07:45 | 7898 | 17750 | -9852 | 44% |
| Sat 08:00 | 8462 | 17700 | -9238 | 48% |
| Sat 08:15 | 8983 | 17650 | -8667 | 51% |
| Sat 08:30 | 9456 | 17600 | -8144 | 54% |
| Sat 14:45 | 4252 | 17700 | -13448 | 24% |
| Sat 15:00 | 3426 | 17800 | -14374 | 19% |
| Sat 15:30 | 1971 | 17900 | -15929 | 11% |
| Sat 15:45 | 1349 | 18000 | -16651 | 7% |
| Sat 16:00 | 892 | 18150 | -17258 | 5% |
| Sat 16:15 | 580 | 18400 | -17820 | 3% |
| Sat 16:30 | 359 | 18600 | -18241 | 2% |
| Sat 16:45 | 200 | 18700 | -18500 | 1% |
| Sat 18:00 | 169 | 18550 | -18381 | 1% |
| Sat 18:15 | 174 | 18350 | -18176 | 1% |
| Sat 18:30 | 180 | 18100 | -17920 | 1% |
| Sat 18:45 | 186 | 17750 | -17564 | 1% |
| Sat 19:00 | 194 | 17400 | -17206 | 1% |
| Sat 19:15 | 202 | 17050 | -16848 | 1% |
| Sat 19:30 | 210 | 16700 | -16490 | 1% |
| Sat 19:45 | 219 | 16450 | -16231 | 1% |
| Sat 20:00 | 227 | 16200 | -15973 | 1% |
| Sat 20:15 | 234 | 15900 | -15666 | 1% |
| Sat 20:30 | 242 | 15600 | -15358 | 2% |
| Sat 20:45 | 250 | 15250 | -15000 | 2% |
| Sat 21:00 | 260 | 14900 | -14640 | 2% |
| Sat 21:15 | 270 | 14600 | -14330 | 2% |
| Sat 21:30 | 280 | 14350 | -14070 | 2% |
| Sat 21:45 | 292 | 14100 | -13808 | 2% |