When is Azure westeurope greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-03 08:38 UTC
The Azure westeurope region runs in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on the Netherlands 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 23% of Netherlands's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 40% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 20:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure westeurope
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 07:45 | 1550 | 10629 | -9079 | 15% |
| Sat 08:00 | 1772 | 10522 | -8750 | 17% |
| Sat 08:15 | 1944 | 10382 | -8438 | 19% |
| Sat 08:30 | 2119 | 10228 | -8109 | 21% |
| Sat 08:45 | 2293 | 10047 | -7754 | 23% |
| Sat 09:00 | 2466 | 10125 | -7659 | 24% |
| Sat 09:15 | 2329 | 9914 | -7585 | 23% |
| Sat 09:30 | 2907 | 9827 | -6920 | 30% |
| Sat 09:45 | 3128 | 9754 | -6626 | 32% |
| Sat 10:00 | 3350 | 9673 | -6323 | 35% |
| Sat 10:15 | 3203 | 9746 | -6543 | 33% |
| Sat 10:30 | 3301 | 9726 | -6425 | 34% |
| Sat 10:45 | 3641 | 9566 | -5925 | 38% |
| Sat 11:00 | 3738 | 9680 | -5942 | 39% |
| Sat 11:15 | 3767 | 9802 | -6035 | 38% |
| Sat 11:30 | 3799 | 9716 | -5917 | 39% |
| Sat 11:45 | 3828 | 9588 | -5760 | 40% |
| Sat 12:00 | 3855 | 9647 | -5792 | 40% |
| Sat 12:15 | 3827 | 9691 | -5864 | 39% |
| Sat 12:30 | 3794 | 9634 | -5840 | 39% |
| Sat 12:45 | 3762 | 9789 | -6027 | 38% |
| Sat 13:00 | 3589 | 10005 | -6416 | 36% |
| Sat 13:15 | 3623 | 10053 | -6430 | 36% |
| Sat 13:30 | 3378 | 10053 | -6675 | 34% |
| Sat 13:45 | 3271 | 10099 | -6828 | 32% |
| Sat 14:00 | 3162 | 10234 | -7072 | 31% |
| Sat 14:15 | 3140 | 10464 | -7324 | 30% |
| Sat 14:30 | 2971 | 10563 | -7592 | 28% |
| Sat 14:45 | 2805 | 10669 | -7864 | 26% |
| Sat 15:00 | 2639 | 10817 | -8178 | 24% |
| Sat 15:15 | 2473 | 10889 | -8416 | 23% |
| Sat 15:30 | 2288 | 11184 | -8896 | 20% |
| Sat 15:45 | 2107 | 11556 | -9449 | 18% |
| Sat 16:00 | 1927 | 11746 | -9819 | 16% |
| Sat 16:15 | 1551 | 11887 | -10336 | 13% |
| Sat 16:30 | 1183 | 11916 | -10733 | 10% |
| Sat 16:45 | 811 | 11966 | -11155 | 7% |
| Sat 17:00 | 442 | 11912 | -11470 | 4% |
| Sat 17:15 | 361 | 12070 | -11709 | 3% |
| Sat 17:30 | 284 | 12070 | -11786 | 2% |
| Sat 17:45 | 206 | 12057 | -11851 | 2% |
| Sat 18:00 | 127 | 12071 | -11944 | 1% |
| Sat 18:15 | 120 | 11943 | -11823 | 1% |
| Sat 18:30 | 118 | 11983 | -11865 | 1% |
| Sat 18:45 | 114 | 12050 | -11936 | 1% |
| Sat 19:00 | 82 | 12011 | -11929 | 1% |
| Sat 19:15 | 110 | 11735 | -11625 | 1% |
| Sat 19:30 | 80 | 11673 | -11593 | 1% |
| Sat 19:45 | 107 | 11590 | -11483 | 1% |
| Sat 20:00 | 27 | 11526 | -11499 | 0% |
| Sat 20:30 | 28 | 11528 | -11500 | 0% |
| Sat 20:45 | 29 | 11362 | -11333 | 0% |
| Sat 21:15 | 77 | 11343 | -11266 | 1% |
| Sat 21:30 | 101 | 11373 | -11272 | 1% |
| Sat 21:45 | 95 | 11218 | -11123 | 1% |