Wind leads at 17.5 GW but 14.7 GW net imports are needed as solar is absent and evening demand peaks.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 15%
67%
Renewable share
17.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.9 GW
Total generation
-14.7 GW
Net import
116.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.2°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
84.0% / 9.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
232
gCO₂/kWh
Records
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Wild Ride
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Wind onshore 14.5 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, rotors spinning in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.0 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines on a dark North Sea horizon barely visible. Brown coal 5.2 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Biomass 4.6 GW sits left of center as a cluster of industrial biomass CHP plants with timber-clad facades, wood chip storage domes, and short stacks releasing thin pale exhaust. Natural gas 3.6 GW appears center-right as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and heat recovery steam generator emitting a faint shimmer. Hard coal 2.7 GW is rendered center-left as a smaller coal-fired station with a single smokestack and coal bunker. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley in the middle distance. TIME: 20:00 in early April — full night, completely dark sky, deep navy-black overhead, no twilight glow whatsoever; all structures are illuminated only by sodium-orange industrial lighting, safety lights on turbine nacelles blinking red, lit control-room windows, and the warm glow of plant floodlights reflecting off steam clouds. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low dense clouds press down, barely visible in the artificial light, hinting at 84% overcast. Temperature is mild at 11°C; early spring vegetation is present as dark silhouettes of budding deciduous trees and fresh grass, dimly lit. No solar panels anywhere. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dramatic chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, technically accurate engineering details on every installation — turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium cooling tower ribbing, CCGT exhaust geometry — rendered as a sublime industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.