Heavy imports supplement modest wind and brown coal output as full overcast eliminates solar contribution.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 16%
Solar 0%
Biomass 17%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 21%
65%
Renewable share
9.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
24.1 GW
Total generation
-38.8 GW
Net import
46.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.0°C / 21 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 37.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
256
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#1
Import Peak
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Wind onshore 5.9 GW and wind offshore 3.9 GW together occupy roughly 40% of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills on the right side, rotors visibly spinning in strong wind; brown coal 5.0 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes drifting heavily in the breeze, alongside conveyor belts of dark lignite; biomass 4.2 GW appears as medium-scale industrial plants with cylindrical silos and modest chimneys emitting thin pale exhaust in the left-centre; natural gas 1.8 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and small heat-recovery unit in the centre-left; hard coal 1.6 GW shows as a traditional coal plant with a rectangular stack and coal yard beside rail cars in the mid-ground; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a concrete dam with spillway releasing white water in a valley in the far background. The sky is entirely overcast with a thick uniform layer of grey-white stratus clouds at 100% cover, no sun visible, diffuse flat daylight at 3 PM — bright but shadowless and muted. Temperature is a cool 9°C in mid-April: early spring vegetation with pale green buds on bare deciduous trees, brown-green grass, patches of last winter's mud. Wind at 21 km/h bends grasses and sends ripples through puddles. The atmosphere feels moderately heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 46.5 EUR/MWh price — not dramatic but weighty, a dull industrial pall. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons cross the scene diagonally, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich muted earth tones, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective fading into grey distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust detail. No text, no labels.