The UK is a curious example to use for this, afaik a big part of that "peak demand" is people starting up their electric tea kettles in a phenomenon known as TV

The UK is a curious example to use for this, afaik a big part of that "peak demand" is people starting up their electric tea kettles in a phenomenon known as TV pickup [0] For contrast, here are the stats for Germany [1] and the consumption peaks during the day contrast very well with the night consumption. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup [1] https://www.agora-energiewende.de/en/service/recent-electricity-data/chart/power_generation/13.02.2022/16.02.2022/today/ https://www.agora-energiewende.de/en/service/recent-electric...