When is Google Cloud europe-central2 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-04 08:38 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-central2 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 67% of Poland's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 10:15 UTC at roughly 69% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 1% around 10:30 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-central2
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 08:30 | 13491 | 20650 | -7159 | 65% |
| Tue 08:45 | 13811 | 20750 | -6939 | 67% |
| Tue 09:00 | 14088 | 20950 | -6862 | 67% |
| Tue 09:15 | 14303 | 21050 | -6747 | 68% |
| Tue 09:30 | 14470 | 21150 | -6680 | 68% |
| Tue 09:45 | 14599 | 21250 | -6651 | 69% |
| Tue 10:15 | 14704 | 21400 | -6696 | 69% |
| Tue 10:30 | 288 | 21500 | -21212 | 1% |
| Tue 10:45 | 294 | 21600 | -21306 | 1% |
| Tue 11:00 | 14657 | 21650 | -6993 | 68% |
| Tue 11:30 | 14282 | 21400 | -7118 | 67% |
| Tue 11:45 | 14053 | 21000 | -6947 | 67% |
| Tue 12:00 | 13829 | 21150 | -7321 | 65% |
| Tue 12:15 | 13607 | 21250 | -7643 | 64% |
| Tue 12:30 | 13367 | 21350 | -7983 | 63% |
| Tue 12:45 | 13102 | 21250 | -8148 | 62% |
| Tue 13:00 | 12807 | 21400 | -8593 | 60% |
| Tue 13:15 | 12279 | 21550 | -9271 | 57% |
| Tue 14:00 | 10551 | 21700 | -11149 | 49% |
| Tue 14:15 | 9891 | 22000 | -12109 | 45% |
| Tue 14:30 | 9205 | 22100 | -12895 | 42% |
| Tue 14:45 | 8447 | 22050 | -13603 | 38% |
| Tue 15:00 | 7572 | 22200 | -14628 | 34% |
| Tue 15:15 | 6716 | 22250 | -15534 | 30% |
| Tue 15:30 | 6212 | 22300 | -16088 | 28% |
| Tue 15:45 | 5692 | 22250 | -16558 | 26% |
| Tue 16:00 | 5155 | 22300 | -17145 | 23% |
| Tue 16:15 | 4550 | 22400 | -17850 | 20% |
| Tue 16:30 | 3953 | 22550 | -18597 | 18% |
| Tue 16:45 | 3422 | 22400 | -18978 | 15% |
| Tue 17:00 | 2987 | 22250 | -19263 | 13% |
| Tue 17:15 | 2590 | 22200 | -19610 | 12% |
| Tue 17:30 | 2268 | 22150 | -19882 | 10% |
| Tue 17:45 | 2059 | 21800 | -19741 | 9% |
| Tue 18:00 | 1942 | 21650 | -19708 | 9% |
| Tue 18:15 | 1925 | 21450 | -19525 | 9% |
| Tue 18:30 | 1974 | 21250 | -19276 | 9% |
| Tue 18:45 | 2064 | 21150 | -19086 | 10% |
| Tue 19:00 | 2200 | 20850 | -18650 | 11% |
| Tue 19:15 | 2319 | 20600 | -18281 | 11% |
| Tue 19:30 | 2445 | 20150 | -17705 | 12% |
| Tue 19:45 | 2551 | 19700 | -17149 | 13% |
| Tue 20:00 | 2654 | 19400 | -16746 | 14% |
| Tue 20:15 | 2720 | 19150 | -16430 | 14% |
| Tue 20:30 | 2782 | 18800 | -16018 | 15% |
| Tue 20:45 | 2850 | 18300 | -15450 | 16% |
| Tue 21:00 | 2939 | 17950 | -15011 | 16% |
| Tue 21:15 | 2954 | 17600 | -14646 | 17% |
| Tue 21:30 | 3010 | 17150 | -14140 | 18% |
| Tue 21:45 | 3036 | 16750 | -13714 | 18% |