Strong onshore wind at 39.3 GW dominates nighttime generation; thermal plants provide residual support at moderate prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 64%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 0%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 6%
84%
Renewable share
45.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
61.0 GW
Total generation
+2.3 GW
Net export
74.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.1°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
113
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 39.3 GW dominates the entire right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors spinning briskly in moderate wind, stretching across rolling central German farmland into deep perspective. Wind offshore 6.3 GW appears in the far background right as a cluster of turbines barely visible above a dark distant horizon line. Brown coal 3.6 GW occupies the far left as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes drifting sideways in the wind, lit from below by amber industrial floodlights. Hard coal 3.0 GW sits adjacent as a dark blocky power station with a single tall chimney emitting a thin grey plume. Natural gas 3.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant in the left-centre with a gleaming single exhaust stack and smaller vapor trail, illuminated by sodium-orange security lighting. Biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip conveyor and modest smokestack, placed between the gas plant and the wind turbines. Hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small concrete dam and penstock structure near the lower foreground with water gleaming faintly under artificial light. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-to-black overcast vault with 100% cloud cover, no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever. The only light sources are sodium streetlights along a country road, the amber and white floodlights of the thermal plants, red aviation warning lights blinking atop the nearest wind turbine nacelles, and warm glowing windows of a distant village. Early spring vegetation: bare trees with the faintest suggestion of budding, damp green-brown fields. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the elevated electricity price — low clouds press down, mist clings to the cooling tower bases. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, moody colour palette of deep indigo, umber, and warm amber; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.