Strong onshore wind at 19.6 GW leads overnight generation, with brown coal and gas providing baseload support amid 3 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 54%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 14%
76%
Renewable share
21.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.0 GW
Total generation
-3.0 GW
Net import
76.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.0°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
169
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 19.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across dark rolling hills, rotors slowly turning; brown coal 5.0 GW occupies the left background as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; biomass 4.1 GW appears in the left-center as a cluster of medium-sized industrial buildings with short stacks and warm glowing furnace light behind grated vents; natural gas 3.0 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and faint heat shimmer, positioned center-left with blue-white floodlighting; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested on the far right horizon as a faint row of turbines standing in dark water; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small illuminated dam and spillway in the lower-right foreground; hard coal 0.7 GW is a single modest smokestack with a thin wisp of exhaust near the brown coal complex. TIME: 01:00 at night — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 98% overcast obscuring all stars; the only light sources are sodium streetlamps casting amber pools, industrial floodlights on the power stations, and small red aviation warning lights blinking atop each wind turbine nacelle. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, a thick low ceiling of clouds pressing down, reflecting faint orange from the industrial facilities below. Temperature is mild at 12°C; early spring vegetation is fresh green but barely visible in the darkness, with wet grass glistening under artificial light. Ground-level wind is nearly calm at 1.9 km/h despite the strong hub-height winds powering the turbines. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette dominated by deep blues, blacks, and warm amber industrial glow; visible expressive brushwork; atmospheric depth with misty layers receding into darkness; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic curves, and CCGT exhaust stacks. The scene evokes the sublime tension between industrial might and the vast dark landscape. No text, no labels.