Strong overnight wind drives 43 GW of generation and 13.6 GW of net exports at near-zero prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 62%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 6%
83%
Renewable share
43.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
58.3 GW
Total generation
+13.7 GW
Net export
3.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.1°C / 34 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
124
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#1
Storm Force
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Wind onshore 36.5 GW dominates the scene, filling roughly two-thirds 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 6.5 GW appears in the far background as a cluster of taller turbines on monopile foundations silhouetted against a strip of black sea barely distinguishable from the sky. Hard coal 4.1 GW occupies the lower-left middle ground as a blocky power station with tall chimneys emitting thin grey plumes lit from below by sodium lights. Brown coal 3.6 GW sits adjacent as a pair of hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with faint wisps of steam glowing amber under floodlights. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a compact industrial facility with a rectangular stack and wood-chip storage dome, warmly lit from within. Natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a small CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer. Hydro 1.1 GW is a modest run-of-river weir in the foreground with dark water rushing over it, catching reflections of facility lights. Time is 3 AM: the sky is completely black, no twilight, no moon visible through 100% overcast cloud cover — a low, heavy blanket of cloud faintly reflecting the orange sodium glow of distant towns. Temperature is 4°C: bare early-spring trees with no leaves, patches of frost on grass, breath-mist visible around a single maintenance worker near the coal plant. Wind at 34 km/h drives visible motion — turbine blades, flapping flags on buildings, rippled puddles. The mood is calm and vast despite the wind, reflecting the very low electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, deep Prussian-blue and umber palette, atmospheric sfumato in the distance, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.