Wind energy at 34.5 GW dominates the late-night grid, driving 83.5% renewables and net exports of 5.2 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 58%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 7%
84%
Renewable share
34.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
48.1 GW
Total generation
+5.2 GW
Net export
72.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.0°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
109
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 28.0 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills, occupying roughly 58% of the composition from centre to right; wind offshore 6.5 GW appears as a distant line of larger turbines on a dark horizon at far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking. Brown coal 3.4 GW occupies the left foreground as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with faint white steam plumes rising into the night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Natural gas 3.5 GW sits just right of the cooling towers as compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer. Biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a domed digester and low chimneys producing gentle vapour, illuminated by warm workshop light. Hard coal 1.0 GW appears as a smaller power station with a single rectangular stack at far left, subtly lit. Hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam and spillway in a valley at lower left, with white water catching reflected light. TIME: 22:00 in late April — fully dark, deep navy-to-black sky, completely clear with zero cloud cover, a brilliant field of stars and a crisp half-moon casting faint silver light on the landscape. No twilight, no sky glow on the horizon. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees visible where artificial light falls, temperature a mild 12 °C suggested by light mist near the ground. Wind turbine blades show only gentle rotation despite the massive output — the large number of turbines conveys scale. The atmosphere is moderately oppressive, with a subtle haze around the industrial facilities hinting at the 72.7 EUR/MWh price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette of indigo, amber, and silver; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers receding into darkness. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium hub covers, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower ribbing, CCGT stack geometry. The scene reads as a masterwork industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.