Strong overnight wind at 35 GW dominates, with brown coal providing baseload and 4.7 GW net export.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 56%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 11%
79%
Renewable share
35.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.6 GW
Total generation
+4.7 GW
Net export
23.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.1°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
45% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
152
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 28.4 GW dominates the scene, filling the right two-thirds of the composition with dozens of massive three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling central German farmland, rotors spinning visibly in the breeze. Wind offshore 6.6 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky. Brown coal 5.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a lignite power station with three large hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium floodlights. Natural gas 2.9 GW sits left of centre as a compact CCGT facility with a tall single exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, its metal cladding reflecting industrial lighting. Hard coal 2.2 GW appears as a smaller coal plant just behind the gas facility, with a single shorter cooling tower and conveyor belt structure. Biomass 3.8 GW is represented by a mid-sized biogas facility with cylindrical digesters and a small green-lit stack, placed between the thermal cluster and the wind turbines. Hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small run-of-river station along a dark river in the left middle ground, with subtle white water visible at its outflow. Time is 1:00 AM — the sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow, a deep navy-to-black expanse dotted with stars partially veiled by 45% cloud cover drifting across. Temperature is near freezing at 2°C: bare dormant trees, frost on the ground catching the industrial light, patches of old snow in furrows of brown plowed fields. The wind turbine warning lights create rhythmic red pulses across the dark landscape. The overall atmosphere is calm and quiet despite the industrial activity — a low electricity price reflected in serene open darkness above. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark blues, warm amber industrial glows, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between lit facilities and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth receding into the night. Meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.