Wind leads at 19.4 GW with brown coal baseload at 5.1 GW; net imports cover a 3.7 GW shortfall at 3 AM.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 48%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 15%
74%
Renewable share
19.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.7 GW
Total generation
-3.8 GW
Net import
85.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.2°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
184
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 16.1 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; brown coal 5.1 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with rectangular buildings, conveyor belts of wood chips, and a single tall exhaust stack releasing faint white smoke; wind offshore 3.3 GW is visible as a distant line of turbines on a dark horizon over a barely visible North Sea sliver at far right; natural gas 3.0 GW sits as a compact CCGT plant with twin cylindrical exhaust stacks and a short plume, positioned center-left among the industrial cluster; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway in the middle distance of a river valley; hard coal 0.7 GW is a small facility with a single square smokestack near the brown coal complex. The sky is completely black with heavy 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight whatsoever — a deep oppressive navy-black ceiling pressing down, conveying the elevated electricity price. The only light comes from industrial sodium-vapor streetlamps casting amber pools, glowing control-room windows, red aviation warning lights on turbine nacelles, and the eerie underlighting of coal plant steam. Early April vegetation is sparse — bare branches with the faintest hint of budding green, frost-touched grass at 7°C. The atmosphere is heavy, damp, slightly misty near the river. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between industrial light and deep darkness, atmospheric depth receding into hazy distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.