Strong wind (29.1 GW) leads generation but gas and lignite (18.6 GW combined) remain essential at elevated evening prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 14%
Solar 0%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 14%
65%
Renewable share
29.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
53.2 GW
Total generation
+2.9 GW
Net export
114.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.4°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
233
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 21.5 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; wind offshore 7.6 GW appears in the far right distance as a line of turbines on a dark sea horizon, their lights reflected on black water. Brown coal 7.2 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lights of a Lausitz-style lignite complex. Natural gas 7.9 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and sharp plumes, their metallic structures illuminated by industrial floodlights. Hard coal 3.5 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular boiler building and conveyor belts, lit by yellowish security lighting, positioned between the gas and lignite facilities. Biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a medium-sized wood-chip power station with a domed storage silo and a modest smokestack, glowing warmly near the centre. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure at far left with a thin cascade of water, subtly lit. TIME: 21:00 in late March — completely dark sky, no twilight whatsoever, deep black sky with full 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars, no moon visible. Temperature 2.4°C: bare leafless trees, patches of frost on the ground, last traces of snow in ditches. Wind at 10.7 km/h visibly moves the steam plumes sideways and sways bare branches. ATMOSPHERE: heavy, oppressive, low-hanging clouds reflecting the orange industrial glow from below, conveying the tension of a 114.5 EUR/MWh price environment. The scene is composed as a wide panoramic landscape in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark colour palette of deep navy, burnt orange, and coal-smoke grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.