Wind onshore and offshore supply 38.2 GW at nightfall, pushing Germany into net export with minimal thermal support.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 61%
Wind offshore 15%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 5%
88%
Renewable share
38.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
49.9 GW
Total generation
+2.9 GW
Net export
33.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.0°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
78
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 30.7 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 visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 7.5 GW appears in the distant right background as a cluster of turbines rising from a dark sea horizon; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial plant with a tall cylindrical silo, conveyor belts, and a single illuminated smokestack emitting pale steam, positioned centre-left; natural gas 2.6 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a slender exhaust stack and a sodium-lit industrial yard in the left-centre; brown coal 2.3 GW occupies the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with faint white steam plumes lit from below by amber facility lights; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure visible in the lower left with water glinting under artificial light; hard coal 1.0 GW is a modest conveyor-fed power station just beside the brown coal plant. The sky is completely dark — deep navy to black, no twilight, no sky glow, only stars faintly visible through full overcast cloud cover that diffuses sodium and LED lighting from the industrial facilities below. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the artificial light spill. The wind turbine warning lights blink red across the darkness. Temperature is mild at 11°C, with a sense of damp spring air. The atmosphere is calm and unoppressive, reflecting a moderate electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial modernity — rich deep blues, warm amber artificial light, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.