Wind leads at 13.8 GW but 15.7 GW of thermal and 13.4 GW net imports cover pre-dawn demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 16%
56%
Renewable share
13.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.2 GW
Total generation
-13.4 GW
Net import
114.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.6°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
296
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 12.6 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles arrayed across a rolling north-German plain, their rotors turning slowly in light breeze; brown coal 5.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the dark sky; natural gas 6.7 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin slender exhaust stacks and a horizontal-recovery steam generator, warm orange light glowing from within its metal-clad turbine hall; hard coal 3.4 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional station with a single tall brick chimney and coal conveyors; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fired CHP facility with a modest stack and a conical fuel silo, positioned centre-right at mid-ground; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse nestled along a dark river in the right foreground; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of red aviation-warning lights on the far-right horizon over a distant dark sea. Time is 05:00 pre-dawn: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, stars still faintly visible overhead; clear sky with zero cloud cover yet the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price. The landscape is late April but near-freezing: frost on short grass, bare-branched trees just beginning to bud, a thin mist curling along the river. Sodium-orange streetlights illuminate a nearby village. All artificial lights — turbine nacelle lights, plant floodlights, glowing control-room windows — punctuate the darkness. Highly detailed oil painting in the style of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich, moody colour palette of indigo, slate-grey, warm amber, and cold white; visible impasto brushwork; deep atmospheric perspective; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.