What actually generates the electricity, hour by hour. France leans on flat nuclear baseload; Germany rides a volatile wave of wind and solar with gas and coal filling the gaps.
Behind every price is a physical mix of fuels. Averaged over the 12 months to 14 August 2026, Germany's largest sources of power were wind onshore 12.9 GW, solar 9.3 GW, gas 7.6 GW.
Gaps in the underlying data are shown as gaps, never as fabricated zeros.
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Stacked generation by fuel type. Values are average GW; gaps in reporting render as breaks, never as fabricated zeros. Source: ENTSO-E generation per type. Bidding zones, not countries (DE-LU is Germany + Luxembourg).
Carbon intensity (brown line, right axis): production-based, computed from this generation mix using IPCC AR5 lifecycle median emission factors. Reflects electricity generated in the zone (imports/exports excluded); lifecycle, not combustion-only. Watch it fall when wind/solar rise, and sit low for nuclear-heavy France.
The capacity–generation gap, for scale: Germany vs China