Strong onshore wind leads at 16.5 GW, but 6.1 GW net imports are needed as nighttime demand outpaces domestic generation.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 49%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 12%
75%
Renewable share
19.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.6 GW
Total generation
-6.1 GW
Net import
97.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.9°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
169
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 16.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling central-German hills, rotors turning steadily; brown coal 4.0 GW occupies the far left as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights, adjacent conveyor belts and coal bunkers visible; biomass 4.2 GW appears left-of-centre as a cluster of modest industrial boiler buildings with small chimneys releasing thin white exhaust, surrounded by stacked wood-chip piles; wind offshore 3.3 GW is visible on the distant horizon as a faint line of turbine warning lights blinking red; natural gas 3.3 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting heat shimmer; hard coal 1.1 GW is a single smaller smokestack behind the lignite plant; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam spillway glinting in the foreground. TIME: 23:00 at night — the sky is completely black with scattered bright stars visible through a perfectly clear atmosphere, zero cloud cover; no twilight, no sky glow on the horizon. All facilities are illuminated only by harsh sodium-orange industrial floodlights and small red aviation warning lights atop turbine nacelles and stacks. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high 97 EUR/MWh price — a brooding, weighty darkness presses down. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass and leafing deciduous trees dimly visible where light spills. Temperature 13.9°C: a mild dampness in the air, faint mist pooling in low valleys. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette dominated by Prussian blue, lamp black, and warm amber; thick visible brushwork with impasto highlights on steam plumes and industrial lights; atmospheric depth with turbines fading into darkness at distance; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust stacks. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness merged with industrial grandeur. No text, no labels.