When is Google Cloud europe-west10 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-04 08:39 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-west10 region runs in Berlin, Germany, on the Germany 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 78% of Germany's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:00 UTC at roughly 96% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 18% around 18:45 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west10
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 08:00 | 39424 | 57638 | -18214 | 68% |
| Tue 08:15 | 41358 | 57815 | -16457 | 72% |
| Tue 08:30 | 43092 | 57426 | -14333 | 75% |
| Tue 08:45 | 44667 | 57385 | -12719 | 78% |
| Tue 09:00 | 46075 | 57258 | -11183 | 80% |
| Tue 09:15 | 47510 | 56890 | -9380 | 84% |
| Tue 09:30 | 48738 | 56920 | -8181 | 86% |
| Tue 09:45 | 49763 | 56761 | -6998 | 88% |
| Tue 10:00 | 50622 | 55560 | -4938 | 91% |
| Tue 10:15 | 51393 | 55103 | -3710 | 93% |
| Tue 10:30 | 51969 | 55683 | -3714 | 93% |
| Tue 10:45 | 52345 | 55430 | -3085 | 94% |
| Tue 11:00 | 52546 | 54905 | -2359 | 96% |
| Tue 11:15 | 52611 | 55548 | -2937 | 95% |
| Tue 11:30 | 52431 | 55345 | -2914 | 95% |
| Tue 11:45 | 52100 | 55181 | -3081 | 94% |
| Tue 12:00 | 51629 | 54877 | -3248 | 94% |
| Tue 12:15 | 50964 | 54327 | -3363 | 94% |
| Tue 12:30 | 50108 | 53910 | -3802 | 93% |
| Tue 12:45 | 49167 | 53863 | -4696 | 91% |
| Tue 13:00 | 48044 | 54060 | -6016 | 89% |
| Tue 13:15 | 46747 | 54158 | -7411 | 86% |
| Tue 13:30 | 45333 | 53613 | -8280 | 85% |
| Tue 13:45 | 43798 | 53319 | -9522 | 82% |
| Tue 14:00 | 42082 | 53626 | -11543 | 78% |
| Tue 14:15 | 40293 | 53400 | -13107 | 75% |
| Tue 14:30 | 38437 | 53611 | -15174 | 72% |
| Tue 14:45 | 36476 | 53434 | -16958 | 68% |
| Tue 15:00 | 34410 | 54061 | -19651 | 64% |
| Tue 15:15 | 32168 | 54419 | -22251 | 59% |
| Tue 15:30 | 29870 | 54884 | -25014 | 54% |
| Tue 15:45 | 27531 | 55123 | -27592 | 50% |
| Tue 16:00 | 25122 | 55576 | -30454 | 45% |
| Tue 16:15 | 22664 | 55888 | -33224 | 41% |
| Tue 16:30 | 20234 | 55957 | -35723 | 36% |
| Tue 16:45 | 17935 | 55837 | -37902 | 32% |
| Tue 17:00 | 15798 | 55818 | -40019 | 28% |
| Tue 17:15 | 14078 | 55877 | -41799 | 25% |
| Tue 17:30 | 12626 | 55834 | -43208 | 23% |
| Tue 17:45 | 11527 | 55689 | -44162 | 21% |
| Tue 18:00 | 10689 | 55527 | -44838 | 19% |
| Tue 18:15 | 10186 | 55191 | -45005 | 18% |
| Tue 18:30 | 9877 | 54843 | -44966 | 18% |
| Tue 18:45 | 9734 | 54369 | -44635 | 18% |
| Tue 19:00 | 9688 | 53733 | -44045 | 18% |
| Tue 19:15 | 9853 | 53220 | -43367 | 19% |
| Tue 19:30 | 10138 | 52534 | -42396 | 19% |
| Tue 19:45 | 10476 | 51967 | -41490 | 20% |
| Tue 20:00 | 10783 | 50745 | -39962 | 21% |
| Tue 20:15 | 11174 | 49911 | -38737 | 22% |
| Tue 20:30 | 11532 | 49139 | -37606 | 23% |
| Tue 20:45 | 11861 | 48355 | -36494 | 25% |
| Tue 21:00 | 12209 | 47535 | -35326 | 26% |
| Tue 21:15 | 12367 | 46804 | -34437 | 26% |
| Tue 21:30 | 12528 | 46112 | -33583 | 27% |
| Tue 21:45 | 12668 | 45334 | -32667 | 28% |