Strong wind generation at 25.5 GW leads a nighttime grid still requiring 6.1 GW net imports and moderate thermal support.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 48%
Wind offshore 18%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 7%
80%
Renewable share
25.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.8 GW
Total generation
-6.1 GW
Net import
76.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.1°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
13% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
130
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 18.7 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills, their rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind, occupying roughly half the composition from centre to right. Wind offshore 6.8 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky. Biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial plant with a tall rectangular stack emitting thin white exhaust, warmly lit by sodium lamps, occupying a notable portion left of centre. Natural gas 3.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a low turbine hall, its metal surfaces reflecting amber industrial lighting, positioned left of the biomass plant. Brown coal 2.7 GW occupies the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with faint steam plumes rising into the darkness, the plant's conveyor belt structures dimly illuminated. Hard coal 1.6 GW sits as a smaller single cooling tower and boiler house adjacent to the brown coal, proportionally smaller. Hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway in the lower-left foreground, water faintly reflecting artificial light. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-black night sky with scattered stars visible through only 13% cloud cover, no twilight, no glow on the horizon. Early spring vegetation: bare-budding deciduous trees, fresh but short grass on the hillsides. The atmosphere feels weighty and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the elevated price — a subtle haze hangs around the industrial facilities, sodium-orange light pools casting long shadows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour with deep indigos, warm ambers, and cool steel-greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layered recession from foreground dam to midground plants to distant offshore turbines. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower geometries, and CCGT exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.