When is Google Cloud europe-west9 greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-10-03 08:39 UTC
The Google Cloud europe-west9 region runs in Paris, France, on the France 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 27% of France's electricity demand around 08:45 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 11:30 UTC at roughly 41% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 11% around 17:30 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Google Cloud europe-west9
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 08:30 | 10203 | 40300 | -30097 | 25% |
| Sat 08:45 | 10931 | 40400 | -29469 | 27% |
| Sat 09:00 | 11651 | 40500 | -28849 | 29% |
| Sat 09:15 | 12549 | 40650 | -28101 | 31% |
| Sat 09:30 | 13289 | 40800 | -27511 | 33% |
| Sat 09:45 | 13731 | 41500 | -27769 | 33% |
| Sat 10:00 | 14168 | 42200 | -28032 | 34% |
| Sat 10:15 | 14752 | 41800 | -27048 | 35% |
| Sat 10:30 | 15346 | 41400 | -26054 | 37% |
| Sat 10:45 | 15597 | 42250 | -26653 | 37% |
| Sat 11:00 | 15892 | 43100 | -27208 | 37% |
| Sat 11:15 | 16107 | 41700 | -25593 | 39% |
| Sat 11:30 | 16349 | 40300 | -23951 | 41% |
| Sat 11:45 | 16214 | 40750 | -24536 | 40% |
| Sat 12:00 | 16062 | 41200 | -25138 | 39% |
| Sat 12:15 | 15953 | 40850 | -24897 | 39% |
| Sat 12:30 | 15831 | 40500 | -24669 | 39% |
| Sat 12:45 | 15421 | 40750 | -25329 | 38% |
| Sat 13:00 | 14995 | 41000 | -26005 | 37% |
| Sat 13:15 | 14535 | 40550 | -26015 | 36% |
| Sat 13:30 | 14029 | 40100 | -26071 | 35% |
| Sat 13:45 | 13341 | 39950 | -26609 | 33% |
| Sat 14:00 | 12623 | 39800 | -27177 | 32% |
| Sat 14:15 | 12035 | 39350 | -27315 | 31% |
| Sat 14:30 | 11485 | 38900 | -27415 | 30% |
| Sat 14:45 | 10770 | 38850 | -28080 | 28% |
| Sat 15:00 | 10009 | 38800 | -28791 | 26% |
| Sat 15:45 | 7721 | 39150 | -31429 | 20% |
| Sat 16:00 | 6896 | 39500 | -32604 | 17% |
| Sat 16:15 | 6202 | 39900 | -33698 | 16% |
| Sat 16:30 | 5608 | 40300 | -34692 | 14% |
| Sat 16:45 | 5239 | 41050 | -35811 | 13% |
| Sat 17:00 | 4912 | 41800 | -36888 | 12% |
| Sat 17:15 | 4834 | 42150 | -37316 | 11% |
| Sat 17:30 | 4848 | 42500 | -37652 | 11% |
| Sat 17:45 | 4952 | 42550 | -37598 | 12% |
| Sat 18:00 | 5249 | 42600 | -37351 | 12% |
| Sat 18:15 | 5331 | 42150 | -36819 | 13% |
| Sat 18:30 | 5412 | 41700 | -36288 | 13% |
| Sat 18:45 | 5494 | 41050 | -35556 | 13% |
| Sat 19:00 | 5576 | 40400 | -34824 | 14% |
| Sat 19:15 | 5590 | 40000 | -34410 | 14% |
| Sat 19:30 | 5604 | 39600 | -33996 | 14% |
| Sat 19:45 | 5618 | 39000 | -33382 | 14% |
| Sat 20:00 | 5632 | 38400 | -32768 | 15% |
| Sat 20:15 | 5566 | 39000 | -33434 | 14% |
| Sat 20:30 | 5500 | 39600 | -34100 | 14% |
| Sat 20:45 | 5434 | 40100 | -34666 | 14% |
| Sat 21:00 | 5368 | 40600 | -35232 | 13% |
| Sat 21:15 | 5273 | 40350 | -35077 | 13% |
| Sat 21:30 | 5179 | 40100 | -34921 | 13% |
| Sat 21:45 | 5084 | 39600 | -34516 | 13% |