Strong overnight wind drives 85.9% renewables, creating 5.3 GW net exports at near-zero prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 61%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 5%
86%
Renewable share
34.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.0 GW
Total generation
+5.3 GW
Net export
3.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.1°C / 20 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
65.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
93
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 27.9 GW dominates the entire right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching deep into the darkness, rotors visibly spinning in strong wind; wind offshore 6.1 GW appears on the far right horizon as a cluster of taller offshore turbines silhouetted against a faint line of dark sea; biomass 4.3 GW occupies the lower-left foreground as a modest industrial plant with warm-lit windows, a single smokestack emitting thin white steam, and stacked timber visible in sodium-lamp glow; natural gas 3.0 GW sits left of centre as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, lit by amber industrial floodlights; brown coal 2.4 GW fills the left background as two hyperbolic cooling towers with heavy white steam plumes illuminated from below by orange facility lighting; hard coal 1.1 GW appears as a small conveyor-belt gantry and single squat stack in the far left corner; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam spillway glinting in the middle distance. Solar is completely absent — no panels anywhere. TIME: midnight, completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow whatsoever, only artificial light sources — sodium-orange streetlamps lining a country road, warm industrial flood lighting on the thermal plants, faint red aviation warning lights blinking atop the tallest turbine nacelles. The sky is 65% overcast with heavy clouds faintly visible against the black, partially obscuring stars in the remaining gaps. Spring vegetation: bare-branching trees just beginning to bud, damp green fields caught in peripheral lamp light, 7°C coolness suggested by faint mist clinging to the low ground. Wind at 19.6 km/h animates grass, steam plumes shear sideways, and turbine blades blur with motion. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the very low electricity price. 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 accents; visible, confident brushwork; atmospheric depth achieved through layered planes of darkness; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT stack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnal sublime translated into an industrial energy landscape. No text, no labels.