When is Azure swedencentral greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-03 08:38 UTC
The Azure swedencentral region runs in Gävle, 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 30% of Sweden's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 21:45 UTC at roughly 55% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 27% around 07:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure swedencentral
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 07:45 | 3432 | 12897 | -9465 | 27% |
| Sat 08:00 | 3593 | 12927 | -9334 | 28% |
| Sat 08:15 | 3699 | 12947 | -9248 | 29% |
| Sat 08:30 | 3808 | 12966 | -9158 | 29% |
| Sat 08:45 | 3930 | 12984 | -9054 | 30% |
| Sat 09:00 | 4124 | 13006 | -8882 | 32% |
| Sat 09:15 | 4265 | 12998 | -8733 | 33% |
| Sat 09:30 | 4416 | 12971 | -8555 | 34% |
| Sat 09:45 | 4567 | 12918 | -8351 | 35% |
| Sat 10:00 | 4794 | 12850 | -8056 | 37% |
| Sat 10:15 | 4957 | 12790 | -7833 | 39% |
| Sat 10:30 | 5090 | 12749 | -7659 | 40% |
| Sat 10:45 | 5220 | 12725 | -7505 | 41% |
| Sat 11:00 | 5347 | 12713 | -7366 | 42% |
| Sat 11:15 | 5444 | 12698 | -7254 | 43% |
| Sat 11:30 | 5517 | 12673 | -7156 | 44% |
| Sat 11:45 | 5593 | 12637 | -7044 | 44% |
| Sat 12:00 | 5675 | 12595 | -6920 | 45% |
| Sat 12:15 | 5698 | 12568 | -6870 | 45% |
| Sat 12:30 | 5721 | 12560 | -6839 | 46% |
| Sat 12:45 | 5756 | 12566 | -6810 | 46% |
| Sat 13:00 | 5799 | 12589 | -6790 | 46% |
| Sat 13:15 | 5778 | 12619 | -6841 | 46% |
| Sat 13:30 | 5762 | 12655 | -6893 | 46% |
| Sat 13:45 | 5737 | 12697 | -6960 | 45% |
| Sat 14:00 | 5743 | 12752 | -7009 | 45% |
| Sat 14:15 | 5715 | 12818 | -7103 | 45% |
| Sat 14:30 | 5703 | 12899 | -7196 | 44% |
| Sat 14:45 | 5701 | 12998 | -7297 | 44% |
| Sat 15:00 | 5770 | 13118 | -7348 | 44% |
| Sat 15:15 | 5792 | 13223 | -7431 | 44% |
| Sat 15:30 | 5809 | 13314 | -7505 | 44% |
| Sat 15:45 | 5828 | 13394 | -7566 | 44% |
| Sat 16:00 | 5920 | 13465 | -7545 | 44% |
| Sat 16:15 | 5986 | 13526 | -7540 | 44% |
| Sat 16:30 | 6058 | 13581 | -7523 | 45% |
| Sat 16:45 | 6123 | 13630 | -7507 | 45% |
| Sat 17:00 | 6252 | 13665 | -7413 | 46% |
| Sat 17:15 | 6297 | 13682 | -7385 | 46% |
| Sat 17:30 | 6334 | 13674 | -7340 | 46% |
| Sat 17:45 | 6361 | 13640 | -7279 | 47% |
| Sat 18:00 | 6399 | 13578 | -7179 | 47% |
| Sat 18:15 | 6430 | 13501 | -7071 | 48% |
| Sat 18:30 | 6452 | 13408 | -6956 | 48% |
| Sat 18:45 | 6461 | 13294 | -6833 | 49% |
| Sat 19:00 | 6528 | 13155 | -6627 | 50% |
| Sat 19:15 | 6531 | 13024 | -6493 | 50% |
| Sat 19:30 | 6545 | 12894 | -6349 | 51% |
| Sat 19:45 | 6561 | 12763 | -6202 | 51% |
| Sat 20:00 | 6577 | 12626 | -6049 | 52% |
| Sat 20:15 | 6594 | 12502 | -5908 | 53% |
| Sat 20:30 | 6575 | 12382 | -5807 | 53% |
| Sat 20:45 | 6588 | 12268 | -5680 | 54% |
| Sat 21:00 | 6451 | 12146 | -5695 | 53% |
| Sat 21:15 | 6473 | 12038 | -5565 | 54% |
| Sat 21:30 | 6475 | 11926 | -5451 | 54% |
| Sat 21:45 | 6478 | 11814 | -5336 | 55% |