Massive overnight onshore wind drives 26.3 GW net exports as thermal plants hold minimum stable generation.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 73%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 5%
88%
Renewable share
55.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
68.8 GW
Total generation
+26.3 GW
Net export
-0.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.7°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
82
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 50.3 GW dominates the scene, filling roughly three-quarters of the composition as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills into deep darkness, rotors spinning visibly in strong wind. Wind offshore 5.4 GW appears in the far background right as a cluster of taller offshore turbines silhouetted against a faintly lighter horizon line above a distant sea. Brown coal 3.2 GW occupies the lower left as two hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thin wisps of pale steam, lit from below by orange sodium lamps. Hard coal 2.3 GW sits beside them as a smaller coal plant with a single stack and conveyor infrastructure, dimly illuminated. Natural gas 2.5 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a faint heat shimmer, positioned centre-left. Biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a modest industrial facility with a squat cylindrical storage silo and a low chimney emitting a gentle plume, located between the thermal plants and the wind field. Hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam structure in the lower right foreground, water glinting faintly under facility lights. Time is 04:00 — the sky is completely black, no twilight, no sky glow, deep navy-to-black overhead, stars barely visible through total 100% cloud cover creating a flat, featureless dark ceiling. All structures are lit only by artificial light: sodium-orange streetlamps, white LED facility lighting, red aviation warning lights blinking atop turbine nacelles receding into the distance. Temperature is mild at 10.7°C; early spring vegetation — bare branches with the first buds, damp grass. Wind animates everything: turbine blades in motion, steam plumes sheared sideways, bare branches swaying. The atmosphere is calm and open despite the darkness, reflecting a near-zero electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial modernity — rich colour in the artificial lights contrasting deep shadows, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth achieved through receding rows of turbine warning lights, meticulous engineering detail on nacelles, cooling tower geometry, and CCGT exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.