Strong wind leads generation but 10.6 GW net imports and thermal backup drive an elevated evening price.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 11%
69%
Renewable share
23.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.0 GW
Solar
48.4 GW
Total generation
-10.6 GW
Net import
121.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.9°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 168.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
204
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 18.0 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles, stretching across rolling green spring hills; wind offshore 5.4 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon over a sliver of dark sea. Natural gas 6.6 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer. Brown coal 5.3 GW fills the left side as two massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with heavy white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky. Hard coal 3.0 GW sits adjacent as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular stack and conveyor belts. Biomass 4.6 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a rounded dome and wood-chip storage yard near the centre. Solar 4.0 GW is rendered as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground catching the last orange-red rays of sunset. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam with water cascading into a river in the lower-left corner. The sky is a dusk scene at 19:00 in late April: the lower horizon glows deep orange-red transitioning through salmon pink, while the upper sky darkens to slate blue and indigo, the first faint stars emerging. Clear sky, zero clouds. Spring vegetation — fresh bright-green leaves on trees, wildflowers in meadows — at roughly 16°C. Moderate wind animates the turbine blades and bends the grass. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting a high electricity price: a brooding, weighty quality to the air, the cooling tower steam hanging dense and low. Highly detailed oil painting in the style of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth and perspective. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology. No text, no labels.