Strong onshore wind dominates evening generation at 28.1 GW while thermal plants and small net imports cover remaining demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 57%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 8%
79%
Renewable share
32.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
49.2 GW
Total generation
-1.7 GW
Net import
74.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.9°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 17.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
137
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 28.1 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the composition as dozens of towering three-blade wind turbines with white nacelles and lattice towers stretching across rolling central-German hills into the distance; wind offshore 4.7 GW appears on the far right horizon as a cluster of turbines standing in a dark sea; natural gas 4.8 GW fills the centre-left as a compact CCGT power station with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium floodlights; brown coal 4.1 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers with heavy white-grey steam plumes rising into the night, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles; biomass 4.6 GW appears as a glowing industrial facility with a tall cylindrical silo and wood-chip storage yard, warm amber light spilling from its windows, positioned between the gas plant and cooling towers; hard coal 1.4 GW is a smaller stack with a single plume behind the brown coal towers; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small illuminated dam and spillway in a valley at far left. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-to-black, 100% overcast with no stars, no twilight glow whatsoever—it is 20:00 in April. The atmosphere is heavy, slightly oppressive, hinting at 74.8 EUR/MWh pricing. Mild spring temperature of 16°C: fresh green vegetation on hillsides, grass beginning to grow. Ground-level air is relatively still but turbine blades spin steadily at hub height. All facilities are lit by artificial sodium-orange and white LED floodlights casting dramatic pools of light. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism—rich deep blues, warm amber artificial glows, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the steam plumes, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.