Wind leads at 23.3 GW but elevated thermal output and tight supply push the nighttime price above 100 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 13%
67%
Renewable share
23.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.8 GW
Total generation
-1.0 GW
Net import
101.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.1°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
8% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
224
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 17.6 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling dark fields, rotors turning slowly; wind offshore 5.7 GW appears in the far-right background as a line of turbines on a black sea horizon with blinking red aviation lights. Brown coal 5.8 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps. Natural gas 5.4 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with slim exhaust stacks venting thin heat haze, industrial lighting casting harsh white pools on metal piping. Biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized plant with a tall cylindrical silo and a single smokestack, warm amber light spilling from loading bay doors. Hard coal 3.0 GW is visible behind the brown coal complex as a smaller set of rectangular boiler houses with a conveyor belt and a single square chimney. Hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam structure in the mid-distance with faint spillway lights reflected on dark water. Time is 03:00 — completely dark, black sky with scattered stars visible through 8% cloud cover, no moon glow, no twilight or dawn hint whatsoever; all illumination is artificial — orange-yellow sodium streetlights lining roads, white industrial floodlights on plant structures, blinking red obstruction lights on turbine nacelles. Early spring vegetation: bare-branched trees just beginning to bud, short damp grass, patches of frost suggested on field edges at 6°C. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive — a faint industrial haze hangs low, reflecting the glow of the thermal plants, conveying the tension of a high-price hour. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of deep navy, amber, ochre, and steel grey — dramatic chiaroscuro between the blackness of the countryside and the luminous industrial installations — visible confident brushwork — atmospheric depth with receding layers of turbines fading into darkness — meticulous engineering detail on every nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.