Strong onshore wind (30.6 GW) drives 80% renewable share at night, with lignite and gas providing residual baseload.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 61%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 9%
80%
Renewable share
34.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.4 GW
Total generation
+2.0 GW
Net export
65.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.0°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
132
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 30.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of enormous three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across dark rolling hills into the far distance; brown coal 4.5 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall rectangular stack and wood-chip conveyors just left of centre, warmly lit by facility floodlights; natural gas 4.2 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT power station with twin cylindrical exhaust stacks and a smaller cooling unit, positioned centre-left with sharp white industrial lighting; wind offshore 3.9 GW is visible on the far right horizon as a line of turbines standing in a dark sea, their red aviation warning lights blinking; hard coal 1.2 GW appears as a single modest plant with a rectangular boiler house and one thin chimney behind the gas facility; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small illuminated dam structure in a valley in the middle distance. TIME: 21:00 in April — fully dark night sky, deep navy-black with 100% cloud cover so no stars visible, a heavy overcast ceiling faintly reflecting distant city glow in muted amber. The atmosphere feels dense and slightly oppressive, hinting at the moderate-to-elevated electricity price. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible under artificial light. Ground-level wind animates the grass and tree branches subtly. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette of indigo, charcoal, amber, and warm industrial orange; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layered mist around cooling towers; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, lattice substation, and cooling tower ribbing. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagining an industrial nocturne — sublime, vast, technically precise. No text, no labels.