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 Contributions of solar and wind to the Dutch power consumption,  plus the hourly day-ahead power prices. You may observe a clear pricing pattern.
Solar + Wind can be above 100% of Dutch demand due to net exports from the Netherlands to neighbouring countries.

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 @1fe8a973 At some point prices were spiking. Since I had noticed there was hardly any wind and had asked around ("No, there is wind, silly.") I finally reached out to the energy provider who told me the prices were high because there was, erm, hardly any wind.