Wind and coal anchor overnight generation as Germany draws 8.6 GW of net imports under clear, cold skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 19%
49%
Renewable share
11.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.2 GW
Total generation
-8.7 GW
Net import
104.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.0°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
342
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 10.5 GW dominates the right third of the scene as a long procession of tall three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle, stretching across rolling farmland into the distance. Brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that drift slowly in nearly still air, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights. Natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as a modern CCGT plant with tall slender exhaust stacks and a compact turbine hall, exhaust gases shimmering faintly above the stacks under artificial lighting. Hard coal 3.9 GW appears behind the gas plant as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure, illuminated by yellow work lights. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed CHP facility with a modest stack and a steaming dome, positioned in the mid-ground between the coal and wind installations. Wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested at the far right horizon as a faint cluster of red blinking lights above a dark sea line. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure nestled in a valley at the far left edge. The sky is completely black with brilliant stars and a faint Milky Way band visible overhead — absolutely no twilight, no sky glow on the horizon, pure deep-navy-to-black darkness. The temperature is 2°C: frost glistens on the bare early-spring fields and on the metal guardrails of the industrial facilities. The air is nearly still, so steam plumes rise almost vertically before slowly spreading. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the tension of high electricity prices — a brooding, weighty mood pervades the scene. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the artificial lights and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with distant turbines fading into haze, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.