Strong overnight wind at 42.6 GW drives 88% renewables and 8.3 GW net exports, with minimal thermal backup.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 65%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 0%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 4%
88%
Renewable share
42.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
54.4 GW
Total generation
+8.3 GW
Net export
60.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.1°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
80
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 35.5 GW dominates the scene, filling the right two-thirds of the canvas as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across a dark rolling plain, rotors visibly spinning in strong wind; wind offshore 7.1 GW appears in the far background right as a line of taller turbines silhouetted against a barely visible horizon over a dark sea; biomass 4.2 GW occupies the center-left as a compact industrial plant with a tall stack emitting a thin plume and warm amber-lit windows; natural gas 2.7 GW sits left of center as a small CCGT facility with a single exhaust stack, steam rising, illuminated by sodium-yellow floodlights; brown coal 2.2 GW appears at the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with faint white steam drifting in the wind, lit from below by orange industrial lamps; hard coal 1.6 GW is a smaller plant next to the lignite towers with a single rectangular stack and conveyor structure; hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a dark river in the foreground reflecting the few artificial lights. The sky is completely black to deep navy — it is 23:00, fully nighttime, no twilight, no sky glow, only artificial light sources illuminate the scene: sodium streetlights casting amber pools, lit facility windows, floodlights on industrial structures. Overcast clouds at 100% cover are faintly revealed by the upward glow of plant lighting, low and heavy. Bare early-spring trees and cool-toned green-brown grass at 8°C. Wind is palpable — steam plumes bend sharply, turbine blades blur with motion, grass bends. The atmosphere is dense and weighty despite the surplus, reflecting the moderate price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric chiaroscuro, luminous warm artificial light against cold dark sky, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.