When is Google Cloud europe-west4 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-08-04 08:39 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-west4 region runs in Eemshaven, 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 39% of Netherlands's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 12:00 UTC at roughly 72% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 12% around 20:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west4
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 08:30 | 3145 | 8935 | -5790 | 35% |
| Tue 08:45 | 3367 | 8646 | -5279 | 39% |
| Tue 09:00 | 3590 | 8451 | -4861 | 42% |
| Tue 09:15 | 3712 | 8292 | -4580 | 45% |
| Tue 09:30 | 3855 | 8146 | -4291 | 47% |
| Tue 09:45 | 3998 | 8056 | -4058 | 50% |
| Tue 10:00 | 4143 | 7935 | -3792 | 52% |
| Tue 10:15 | 4291 | 7840 | -3549 | 55% |
| Tue 10:30 | 4439 | 7620 | -3181 | 58% |
| Tue 10:45 | 4588 | 7526 | -2938 | 61% |
| Tue 11:00 | 4735 | 7295 | -2560 | 65% |
| Tue 11:15 | 4833 | 7309 | -2476 | 66% |
| Tue 11:30 | 4941 | 7224 | -2283 | 68% |
| Tue 11:45 | 5050 | 7246 | -2196 | 70% |
| Tue 12:00 | 5159 | 7193 | -2034 | 72% |
| Tue 12:15 | 5049 | 7234 | -2185 | 70% |
| Tue 12:30 | 4427 | 7293 | -2866 | 61% |
| Tue 12:45 | 4446 | 7366 | -2920 | 60% |
| Tue 13:00 | 4637 | 7415 | -2778 | 63% |
| Tue 13:15 | 4559 | 7642 | -3083 | 60% |
| Tue 13:30 | 4477 | 7710 | -3233 | 58% |
| Tue 13:45 | 4399 | 7834 | -3435 | 56% |
| Tue 14:00 | 4316 | 7979 | -3663 | 54% |
| Tue 14:15 | 4183 | 8273 | -4090 | 51% |
| Tue 14:30 | 4057 | 8426 | -4369 | 48% |
| Tue 14:45 | 3923 | 8671 | -4748 | 45% |
| Tue 15:00 | 3796 | 9075 | -5279 | 42% |
| Tue 15:15 | 3678 | 9432 | -5754 | 39% |
| Tue 15:30 | 3581 | 9977 | -6396 | 36% |
| Tue 15:45 | 3485 | 10344 | -6859 | 34% |
| Tue 16:00 | 3390 | 10557 | -7167 | 32% |
| Tue 16:15 | 3214 | 10917 | -7703 | 29% |
| Tue 16:30 | 3042 | 11147 | -8105 | 27% |
| Tue 16:45 | 2869 | 11378 | -8509 | 25% |
| Tue 17:00 | 2692 | 11617 | -8925 | 23% |
| Tue 17:15 | 2537 | 11884 | -9347 | 21% |
| Tue 17:30 | 2383 | 12065 | -9682 | 20% |
| Tue 17:45 | 2226 | 12282 | -10056 | 18% |
| Tue 18:00 | 2073 | 12393 | -10320 | 17% |
| Tue 18:15 | 1979 | 12608 | -10629 | 16% |
| Tue 18:30 | 1880 | 12803 | -10923 | 15% |
| Tue 18:45 | 1790 | 12821 | -11031 | 14% |
| Tue 19:00 | 1695 | 12852 | -11157 | 13% |
| Tue 19:15 | 1671 | 13061 | -11390 | 13% |
| Tue 19:30 | 1653 | 13070 | -11417 | 13% |
| Tue 19:45 | 1633 | 13075 | -11442 | 12% |
| Tue 20:00 | 1616 | 13129 | -11513 | 12% |
| Tue 20:15 | 1671 | 13047 | -11376 | 13% |
| Tue 20:30 | 1726 | 13089 | -11363 | 13% |
| Tue 20:45 | 1780 | 13070 | -11290 | 14% |
| Tue 21:00 | 1835 | 12965 | -11130 | 14% |
| Tue 21:15 | 1877 | 12855 | -10978 | 15% |
| Tue 21:30 | 1907 | 12775 | -10868 | 15% |
| Tue 21:45 | 1934 | 12639 | -10705 | 15% |