Onshore wind leads at 14 GW, but heavy thermal dispatch and 3.5 GW net imports meet demand under overcast pre-dawn skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 17%
57%
Renewable share
15.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
36.8 GW
Total generation
-3.4 GW
Net import
112.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.6°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
293
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 14.0 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers stretching across rolling dark-green spring fields, their rotors turning slowly in light wind; brown coal 6.1 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the heavy sky; natural gas 5.7 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and glowing orange sodium lights on its steel framework; hard coal 4.0 GW sits beside the lignite plant as a smaller set of rectangular boiler houses with a single tall chimney trailing dark smoke; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered centre-right as a modest industrial facility with a rounded fermentation dome and a wood-chip conveyor belt, lit by warm yellow work lights; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a wooded valley in the middle distance; wind offshore 1.4 GW is suggested by a faint row of turbines on a grey horizon line above a barely visible North Sea strip at the far back. The time is 05:00 in mid-May: the sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn, no direct sunlight, only the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon. No solar panels anywhere — overcast darkness prevails. Temperature is a chilly 6.6 °C, with dew glistening on spring grass and budding trees. Cloud cover is 98%, giving a heavy, oppressive, low ceiling of stratus clouds pressing down on the landscape, reinforcing the high electricity price atmosphere. The mood is sombre and weighty. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark blues, ochres, warm industrial oranges against cool greys — with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.