Massive overnight wind generation of 45.5 GW drives 14.5 GW net exports and near-floor electricity prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 67%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 0%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 4%
89%
Renewable share
45.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
57.0 GW
Total generation
+14.5 GW
Net export
9.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.5°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
75
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 38.2 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling hills from the centre to the far right, their rotors turning briskly in steady wind; wind offshore 7.3 GW appears in the distant right background as clusters of larger turbines standing in a dark sea barely visible on the horizon; natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant in the left-centre middle ground with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a thin plume; brown coal 2.0 GW occupies a small area at the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with faint steam rising, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; hard coal 1.9 GW sits adjacent as a smaller power station with a rectangular boiler house and single chimney, also lit by warm industrial lamps; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed power plant with a green-lit facility and conveyor belt in the left-centre foreground; hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the lower left corner with water reflecting artificial light. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-black vault of full overcast at 1 AM, no moon, no stars, no twilight glow whatsoever. The only light sources are sodium streetlights casting amber pools on country roads, the warm industrial glow of the thermal plants, and red aviation warning lights blinking atop the nearest wind turbines. The landscape is early-spring central German terrain: bare deciduous trees just beginning to bud, green grass visible under lamplight, temperature mild at 10°C. The low electricity price is conveyed through an overall calm, open composition with generous dark sky. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, dramatic chiaroscuro between the dark sky and the scattered amber lights of industry, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.