Strong wind leads overnight generation while coal and gas cover residual load amid elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 13%
63%
Renewable share
26.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.6 GW
Total generation
-2.8 GW
Net import
100.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.4°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
251
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 21.9 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the composition as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with detailed nacelles and lattice towers stretching across rolling central-German farmland into the distance; wind offshore 4.6 GW appears as a cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a faintly visible dark sea. Brown coal 6.5 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium-vapor industrial lights. Hard coal 5.6 GW sits just right of the brown coal complex as a large power station with twin rectangular stacks and conveyor infrastructure, glowing warmly under floodlights. Natural gas 6.4 GW fills the center-left as two compact CCGT units with slender single exhaust stacks releasing thin transparent heat shimmer, surrounded by lit pipe racks. Biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a rounded silo and modest chimney trailing pale smoke, warmly lit by amber work lights. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure with spillway visible in the mid-distance, subtle white water catching artificial light. Solar is completely absent — no panels anywhere. The sky is completely dark, a deep black-navy canopy at 22:00 in April, with 100% cloud cover forming a low, oppressive, featureless overcast ceiling faintly reflecting the orange industrial glow from below — no stars, no moon, no twilight. The atmosphere feels heavy and costly, with a thick humid haze drifting among the cooling towers. Temperature is a cool 7.4°C: early spring bare-branched trees and dormant brownish-green grass, a slight mist low to the ground. Wind speed of 7.5 km/h at ground level gives gentle motion to steam plumes and light sway to bare branches, while higher turbine blades turn steadily. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, deep color palette dominated by indigo, amber, and charcoal; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.