When is Google Cloud europe-west12 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-04 08:39 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-west12 region runs in Turin, Italy, on the Italy 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 39% of Italy's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:00 UTC at roughly 45% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 1% around 19:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west12
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 08:30 | 15376 | 40770 | -25394 | 38% |
| Tue 08:45 | 15959 | 40830 | -24871 | 39% |
| Tue 09:00 | 16537 | 41191 | -24654 | 40% |
| Tue 09:15 | 17040 | 41190 | -24150 | 41% |
| Tue 09:30 | 17494 | 41090 | -23596 | 43% |
| Tue 09:45 | 17887 | 41160 | -23273 | 43% |
| Tue 10:00 | 18037 | 40960 | -22923 | 44% |
| Tue 10:15 | 18238 | 41050 | -22812 | 44% |
| Tue 10:30 | 18484 | 41210 | -22726 | 45% |
| Tue 10:45 | 18635 | 41480 | -22845 | 45% |
| Tue 11:00 | 18823 | 41591 | -22768 | 45% |
| Tue 11:15 | 18859 | 41931 | -23072 | 45% |
| Tue 11:30 | 18792 | 42320 | -23528 | 44% |
| Tue 11:45 | 18825 | 42440 | -23615 | 44% |
| Tue 12:00 | 18715 | 42400 | -23685 | 44% |
| Tue 12:15 | 18505 | 42650 | -24145 | 43% |
| Tue 12:30 | 18377 | 42800 | -24423 | 43% |
| Tue 12:45 | 18043 | 42760 | -24717 | 42% |
| Tue 13:00 | 17719 | 42900 | -25181 | 41% |
| Tue 13:15 | 17335 | 42910 | -25575 | 40% |
| Tue 13:30 | 16846 | 43380 | -26534 | 39% |
| Tue 13:45 | 16354 | 43220 | -26866 | 38% |
| Tue 14:15 | 15200 | 43390 | -28190 | 35% |
| Tue 14:30 | 14406 | 43590 | -29184 | 33% |
| Tue 14:45 | 13539 | 43830 | -30291 | 31% |
| Tue 15:00 | 12641 | 44051 | -31410 | 29% |
| Tue 15:15 | 11669 | 44300 | -32631 | 26% |
| Tue 15:30 | 10545 | 44520 | -33975 | 24% |
| Tue 15:45 | 9302 | 44810 | -35508 | 21% |
| Tue 16:00 | 8174 | 44900 | -36726 | 18% |
| Tue 16:15 | 6898 | 45060 | -38162 | 15% |
| Tue 16:30 | 5689 | 45409 | -39720 | 13% |
| Tue 16:45 | 4470 | 45610 | -41140 | 10% |
| Tue 17:00 | 3384 | 45631 | -42247 | 7% |
| Tue 17:15 | 2497 | 45720 | -43223 | 5% |
| Tue 17:30 | 1790 | 45739 | -43949 | 4% |
| Tue 17:45 | 1246 | 45430 | -44184 | 3% |
| Tue 18:00 | 862 | 45520 | -44658 | 2% |
| Tue 18:15 | 634 | 45570 | -44936 | 1% |
| Tue 18:30 | 509 | 45430 | -44921 | 1% |
| Tue 18:45 | 484 | 45351 | -44867 | 1% |
| Tue 19:00 | 418 | 44719 | -44301 | 1% |
| Tue 19:30 | 422 | 43521 | -43099 | 1% |
| Tue 19:45 | 432 | 42941 | -42509 | 1% |
| Tue 20:00 | 460 | 41941 | -41481 | 1% |
| Tue 20:15 | 484 | 41331 | -40847 | 1% |
| Tue 20:30 | 507 | 40541 | -40034 | 1% |
| Tue 20:45 | 531 | 39821 | -39290 | 1% |
| Tue 21:00 | 555 | 39101 | -38546 | 1% |
| Tue 21:15 | 567 | 38241 | -37674 | 1% |
| Tue 21:30 | 562 | 37520 | -36958 | 1% |
| Tue 21:45 | 553 | 36770 | -36217 | 2% |