Strong overnight wind drives 14.4 GW net exports and near-floor prices at 3 AM.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 67%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 4%
90%
Renewable share
44.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
55.8 GW
Total generation
+14.4 GW
Net export
2.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.5°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
70
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 37.1 GW dominates the entire scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills from foreground to far horizon, rotors visibly spinning; wind offshore 7.7 GW appears as a distant cluster of taller turbines on the far-right horizon over a faintly visible North Sea strip; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and modest steam stack; natural gas 2.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a thin plume, occupying a small area left of center; brown coal 2.0 GW is depicted as a pair of small hyperbolic cooling towers with faint steam wisps on the far left; hard coal 1.4 GW as a single smaller stack beside them with a dim red glow at its base; hydro 1.1 GW shown as a small concrete dam structure with water channel near the biomass plant. TIME: 3 AM in April, completely dark sky — deep black-navy dome with no twilight, no sky glow, thick 100% overcast so no stars visible. All structures illuminated only by sodium-orange industrial lighting, red aviation warning lights blinking atop turbine nacelles dotting the darkness in rhythmic patterns. Temperature 10.5°C, early spring — bare branches on scattered deciduous trees just beginning to bud, damp grass, puddles reflecting orange lamplight. Wind at 11.3 km/h stirs the grass gently. The atmosphere is calm and spacious, reflecting the ultra-low electricity price — an open, unburdened nocturnal landscape. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark tonal palette of Caspar David Friedrich's night scenes — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and luminous artificial light contrasting deep shadows, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.