Strong overnight onshore wind drives 89% renewables, pushing prices negative as 6.7 GW is exported.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 67%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 4%
89%
Renewable share
35.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.0 GW
Total generation
+6.8 GW
Net export
-1.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.6°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
96% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
75
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 30.9 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills from the centre to the far right, their rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind; wind offshore 4.9 GW appears in the distant background as a cluster of taller offshore turbines barely visible on a dark horizon line; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial plant with a tall stack emitting a thin warm-lit plume, positioned centre-left; brown coal 2.0 GW occupies the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with faint steam wisps lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lamps; natural gas 2.0 GW sits adjacent as a compact CCGT facility with a single exhaust stack and a small visible heat shimmer; hard coal 1.1 GW is a smaller conventional power station with a single square cooling tower, tucked behind the brown coal plant; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure with a glowing facility building nestled in a valley at the left edge. TIME: 03:00 at night—completely dark sky, deep navy-to-black, heavy 96% overcast so no stars or moon are visible, only artificial light sources. Sodium streetlights cast pools of amber on country roads winding between the turbine fields. The turbines' red aviation warning lights blink in staggered rhythm across the hills. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass and early leaf buds on scattered trees, visible only where artificial light reaches. Temperature is mild at 10.6°C—no frost, slight dampness in the air rendered as a thin ground mist clinging to the lower slopes. The atmosphere is calm and open despite the clouds, reflecting the negative electricity price—no oppressive heaviness, rather an expansive nocturnal stillness. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich deep blues, warm amber artificial highlights, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the misty valleys, yet meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower parabolic profile, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.