Wind leads at 23 GW but coal and gas supply 20 GW to meet nighttime demand under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 16%
60%
Renewable share
23.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
48.4 GW
Total generation
-1.7 GW
Net import
109.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.3°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
284
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 17.2 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and illuminated red aviation lights on their nacelles, stretching across a flat North German plain into the darkness. Wind offshore 6.0 GW appears at the far right horizon as a cluster of turbines standing in a barely visible dark sea, their red lights forming a constellation above the waterline. Brown coal 8.0 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lamps. Hard coal 5.9 GW sits left of centre as a large coal plant with rectangular boiler houses, tall chimneys releasing faint exhaust, and conveyor belt structures, all illuminated by harsh floodlights. Natural gas 5.8 GW fills the centre as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and smaller exhaust plumes, their metallic structures gleaming under white industrial lighting. Biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-sized facility with cylindrical silos and a modest stack between the gas and coal plants, warmly lit. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure visible in the middle distance with security lights reflecting on dark water. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no moon, no stars, no twilight glow whatsoever, a deep oppressive overcast pressing down on the landscape. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is a cool 7°C early spring night; bare branches on scattered trees, damp ground, patches of early grass. Ground-level mist drifts between the industrial structures. The entire scene is lit only by artificial light — sodium streetlamps cast orange pools along access roads, cooling towers glow from internal lighting, and turbine aviation beacons pulse red. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between deep shadow and artificial illumination, atmospheric depth receding into murky darkness, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.