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This had me scratching my head for a minute, wondering why there was so much whitespace between the Load curve and the total energy generated. I can't imagine Germany having nightly rolling blackouts to accommodate a shortfall in generated energy. Then I realized several categories in the legend that are not shown on the chart.
I assume it's merely that they import energy from neighbours.
Here's a map of who exported electricity in Europe in 2022, and who imported: https://www.powerengineeringint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EU-Interconnector-Map-H2-2022.jpg
They import a lot right now: https://energy-charts.info/charts/import_export_map/chart.htm?l=en, https://energy-charts.info/charts/import_export/chart.htm?l=en
There's no time domain or data source given in these. 0.2TWh could be tiny if it's annual, or huge if it's daily.