Strong overnight wind drives 82.6% renewable share; coal and gas provide baseload as Germany exports 3.4 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 56%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 8%
83%
Renewable share
28.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.0 GW
Total generation
+3.3 GW
Net export
79.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.4°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
117
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 22.8 GW dominates the scene as vast rows of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling central German farmland, filling roughly 55% of the composition from centre to right; wind offshore 5.8 GW appears as a distant line of larger turbines on a dark horizon at far right, nacelle warning lights blinking red. Brown coal 3.2 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights. Natural gas 3.0 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and a faint blue gas flame visible behind louvred walls. Biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-ground cluster of smaller industrial buildings with short chimneys and wood-chip storage silos, warmly lit. Hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far left. Hard coal 0.9 GW is a single smaller smokestack behind the lignite towers, barely visible. TIME: midnight — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon visible, only stars faintly breaking through a perfectly clear sky with 0% cloud cover. The landscape is lit exclusively by artificial light: sodium streetlights casting amber pools on country roads, industrial floodlights on the power stations, red aviation warning lights on turbine nacelles dotting the darkness rhythmically. Spring vegetation — early green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely discernible in the artificial glow. Temperature around 9°C: a thin mist hugs the low ground near the cooling towers. The atmosphere feels weighty and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the elevated electricity price — a subtle haze or industrial pall hangs in the sodium-lit air. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's brooding nocturnes merged with industrial realism — rich dark palette of indigo, umber, and amber, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into blackness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower concrete texture, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.