Wind (22.8 GW) and lignite (8.0 GW) anchor overnight supply as elevated prices reflect tight thermal dispatch under overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 17%
60%
Renewable share
22.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.8 GW
Total generation
+0.7 GW
Net export
101.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.8°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
278
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 17.0 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills; wind offshore 5.8 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on a black sea horizon at far right. Brown coal 8.0 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes glowing faintly from internal furnace light. Natural gas 5.7 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white streams. Hard coal 4.9 GW appears just right of centre as a blocky power station with a single large smokestack and conveyor gantries. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a modest industrial plant with a cylindrical silo and low chimney, positioned in the middle ground. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure with water glinting faintly at the far left edge. TIME: 01:00 at night — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow whatsoever; the only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights along a road in the foreground, amber safety lights on cooling towers, red aircraft warning beacons atop wind turbines, and the warm glow of lit control-room windows at each plant. Cloud cover 100%: no stars, no moon, a heavy oppressive low overcast ceiling barely distinguishable from the darkness. Temperature 6.8°C early April: bare deciduous trees with the faintest buds, damp ground, patches of mist clinging to valleys. The atmosphere is dense and brooding, reflecting the high 101 EUR/MWh price — a heavy, weighty industrial mood. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich dark palette of indigo, charcoal, amber, and burnt sienna; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with layered fog; meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry, and coal conveyor structures. No text, no labels.