Strong onshore wind at 20.8 GW leads overnight generation, but 14.3 GW of thermal plant and 1.9 GW net imports fill the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 50%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 0%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 16%
66%
Renewable share
22.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.6 GW
Total generation
-1.9 GW
Net import
97.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.3°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
241
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 20.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling central German farmland, their red aviation lights blinking in the darkness; brown coal 6.5 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 4.3 GW appears as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin grey plumes, positioned left of centre; hard coal 3.5 GW sits beside the gas units as a rectangular boiler house with a single large chimney and coal conveyors visible under floodlights; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as two mid-sized biomass CHP plants with cylindrical storage silos and modest stacks, placed in the centre-left middle ground; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river dam with illuminated spillway in the lower-right foreground; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a faintly visible sea. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no glow on the horizon, a clear starfield overhead with zero cloud cover; the April landscape shows early spring grass, bare-branching hedgerows, and patches of fresh green on deciduous trees. The air feels cold at 6°C with gentle motion in the grass. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive — a faint industrial haze hangs low, sodium-orange light pools around every facility, conveying the tension of a high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich dark palette of deep navy, amber, ochre, and charcoal; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light and surrounding darkness; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.