Strong overnight wind generation of 27.5 GW drives a 22.1 GW net export position despite persistent coal baseload.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 28%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 10%
77%
Renewable share
27.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
19.2 GW
Solar
67.6 GW
Total generation
+22.1 GW
Net export
91.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.1°C / 19 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
47.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
159
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 21.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across dark rolling hills, rotors spinning visibly in strong wind; wind offshore 6.0 GW appears in the far-right background as a line of turbines standing in a barely-visible dark sea on the horizon; brown coal 6.8 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 4.7 GW sits left-of-centre as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin vapour streams, their facades illuminated by warm halogen floodlights; hard coal 3.8 GW appears behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional station with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure, lit by dim yellow work lights; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a low corrugated steel building and a single smokestack, glowing faintly near the left middle ground; hydro 1.6 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a low concrete structure barely visible near a dark river in the centre foreground. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — it is 2 AM in May. Stars are partially obscured by 47% cloud cover rendered as ragged mid-level clouds drifting quickly in the wind. The temperature is a chilly 3°C: early spring vegetation is sparse, with bare-branched trees and short new grass faintly visible in artificial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the open landscape, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding, saturated quality to the air. Scattered sodium streetlights along a rural road provide pools of amber light. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the distance connecting the plants. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, deep colour palette of indigo, umber, ochre and cool grey; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro from artificial light sources against profound darkness; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.