When is Google Cloud europe-west3 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-03 08:38 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-west3 region runs in Frankfurt, 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 68% of Germany's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:30 UTC at roughly 90% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 4% around 17:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west3
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 07:30 | 19196 | 44347 | -25151 | 43% |
| Sat 07:45 | 21740 | 44868 | -23128 | 48% |
| Sat 08:00 | 24225 | 45179 | -20954 | 54% |
| Sat 08:15 | 26688 | 45356 | -18669 | 59% |
| Sat 08:30 | 29004 | 45978 | -16975 | 63% |
| Sat 08:45 | 31178 | 46108 | -14930 | 68% |
| Sat 09:00 | 33116 | 46435 | -13319 | 71% |
| Sat 09:15 | 34955 | 46591 | -11637 | 75% |
| Sat 09:30 | 36531 | 46750 | -10219 | 78% |
| Sat 09:45 | 37778 | 46776 | -8998 | 81% |
| Sat 10:00 | 38798 | 46320 | -7522 | 84% |
| Sat 10:15 | 39663 | 46150 | -6487 | 86% |
| Sat 10:30 | 40188 | 45857 | -5669 | 88% |
| Sat 10:45 | 40537 | 45400 | -4863 | 89% |
| Sat 11:00 | 40614 | 45138 | -4523 | 90% |
| Sat 11:15 | 40436 | 45039 | -4602 | 90% |
| Sat 11:30 | 40083 | 44462 | -4378 | 90% |
| Sat 11:45 | 39581 | 43934 | -4353 | 90% |
| Sat 12:00 | 38913 | 43403 | -4490 | 90% |
| Sat 12:15 | 38031 | 43140 | -5109 | 88% |
| Sat 12:30 | 36864 | 42813 | -5949 | 86% |
| Sat 12:45 | 35498 | 42666 | -7168 | 83% |
| Sat 13:00 | 33934 | 42825 | -8891 | 79% |
| Sat 13:15 | 32122 | 42773 | -10651 | 75% |
| Sat 13:30 | 30197 | 42426 | -12228 | 71% |
| Sat 13:45 | 27977 | 42691 | -14714 | 66% |
| Sat 14:00 | 25510 | 43119 | -17610 | 59% |
| Sat 14:15 | 22831 | 43346 | -20515 | 53% |
| Sat 14:30 | 20023 | 43578 | -23555 | 46% |
| Sat 14:45 | 17183 | 43244 | -26061 | 40% |
| Sat 15:00 | 14418 | 43674 | -29257 | 33% |
| Sat 15:15 | 11775 | 43726 | -31952 | 27% |
| Sat 15:30 | 9233 | 44382 | -35150 | 21% |
| Sat 15:45 | 6961 | 44861 | -37900 | 16% |
| Sat 16:00 | 5051 | 45617 | -40565 | 11% |
| Sat 16:15 | 3631 | 45585 | -41954 | 8% |
| Sat 16:30 | 2639 | 46414 | -43774 | 6% |
| Sat 16:45 | 2089 | 47061 | -44972 | 4% |
| Sat 17:00 | 1930 | 47787 | -45857 | 4% |
| Sat 17:15 | 1959 | 48166 | -46207 | 4% |
| Sat 17:30 | 2024 | 48296 | -46272 | 4% |
| Sat 17:45 | 2088 | 48162 | -46073 | 4% |
| Sat 18:00 | 2154 | 47819 | -45665 | 5% |
| Sat 18:15 | 2189 | 47451 | -45262 | 5% |
| Sat 18:30 | 2223 | 47006 | -44783 | 5% |
| Sat 18:45 | 2228 | 46546 | -44318 | 5% |
| Sat 19:00 | 2177 | 46249 | -44072 | 5% |
| Sat 19:15 | 2146 | 45886 | -43740 | 5% |
| Sat 19:30 | 2138 | 45463 | -43325 | 5% |
| Sat 19:45 | 2141 | 45189 | -43047 | 5% |
| Sat 20:00 | 2151 | 44789 | -42638 | 5% |
| Sat 20:15 | 2141 | 44133 | -41992 | 5% |
| Sat 20:30 | 2136 | 43845 | -41709 | 5% |
| Sat 20:45 | 2123 | 43476 | -41354 | 5% |
| Sat 21:00 | 2109 | 42595 | -40487 | 5% |
| Sat 21:15 | 2083 | 42109 | -40026 | 5% |
| Sat 21:30 | 2060 | 41574 | -39514 | 5% |
| Sat 21:45 | 2028 | 41194 | -39166 | 5% |