Strong onshore wind drives 79% renewables at 2 AM; net exports of 5.6 GW suppress prices to 17.6 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 58%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 11%
79%
Renewable share
35.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.6 GW
Total generation
+5.6 GW
Net export
17.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.9°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
147
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 29.4 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills from the centre to the far right, their rotors turning slowly in the night; wind offshore 5.8 GW appears as a distant cluster of taller turbines visible on a dark horizon line over a barely discernible sea at the far right edge. Brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left foreground as a lignite power station with two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights. Biomass 3.8 GW sits as a compact wood-chip-fired plant with a tall single stack and fuel storage silos to the left of centre, warmly lit by floodlights. Natural gas 2.9 GW appears as a small CCGT facility with a single slender exhaust stack and a visible heat recovery unit, positioned between the biomass plant and the wind turbines. Hard coal 2.0 GW is rendered as a smaller coal station with a rectangular boiler house and single cooling tower behind the lignite complex. Hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with cascading water in the lower-left valley, illuminated by a few white security lights. Time is 2 AM in mid-March: the sky is completely black to deep navy, no twilight, no moon visible, 100% cloud cover creating an opaque dark canopy with no stars. Temperature near 2°C: bare deciduous trees with no leaves, patches of frost on the ground, dormant brown grass. Light wind at ground level: minimal motion in vegetation. Low electricity price atmosphere: despite the darkness the scene feels calm and open, not oppressive. All structures glow with warm sodium-orange and cool white industrial lighting against the pitch-black sky. Steam from the cooling towers catches the artificial light and drifts gently. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich deep blues, warm oranges, and visible impasto brushwork creating atmospheric depth; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and industrial pipe run. No text, no labels.