Wind leads generation at 16.4 GW but a 12.5 GW net import is needed as solar is absent and evening demand peaks.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 17%
62%
Renewable share
16.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.3 GW
Total generation
-12.5 GW
Net import
109.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.9°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
68.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
269
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 13.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with lattice towers and white nacelles stretching across rolling hills into the distance; brown coal 6.0 GW occupies the left foreground as massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; biomass 4.6 GW appears as a cluster of medium-scale industrial plants with wood-chip conveyors and modest chimneys emitting thin grey exhaust, positioned left of centre; natural gas 4.3 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks and a visible heat shimmer, placed at centre; hard coal 3.6 GW sits beside the brown coal as a gritty power station with conveyor belts, bunker silos, and a single tall smokestack; wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested at the far right horizon as a faint row of turbines on a dark sea; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley at mid-ground right. The sky is fully dark—deep navy to black, no twilight glow whatsoever, a spring night at 21:00 in central Germany. Stars are partially obscured by 68 percent cloud cover rendered as heavy grey masses drifting across the sky. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Bare early-spring trees with the first buds of green at roughly 10 degrees Celsius. All facilities are illuminated by warm sodium-orange industrial lighting, casting long reflections on wet ground. A moderate breeze sets the turbine blades in visible rotation. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich, deep colour palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal, visible thick brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro lighting, meticulous engineering detail on every technology. No text, no labels.