Strong wind generation leads at 27.9 GW but 6.9 GW net imports are needed to meet nighttime demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 53%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 11%
80%
Renewable share
27.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.9 GW
Total generation
-6.9 GW
Net import
111.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.7°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
137
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 22.2 GW dominates the scene, filling the right two-thirds with vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching into the deep distance across rolling green fields, their rotors spinning briskly in strong wind; wind offshore 5.7 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines visible on a far dark horizon over a barely discernible North Sea coastline at upper right. Brown coal 4.4 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that drift right in the wind, glowing faintly orange from sodium floodlights illuminating the plant yard. Biomass 4.1 GW sits as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall rectangular boiler house and wood-chip storage silos, lit by warm yellow industrial lighting, positioned left of centre. Natural gas 2.9 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and smaller steam plume, its stainless-steel piping catching artificial light, placed between the biomass plant and the coal station. Hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in a valley at centre-left, with a faint cascade of water reflecting security lighting. Hard coal 0.9 GW appears as a smaller, partially shadowed coal plant with a single smokestack behind the brown coal station. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-black overcast with 100% cloud cover, no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever; the only illumination comes from sodium-orange and white industrial floodlights, red aviation warning lights atop turbine nacelles and cooling towers, and the faint amber glow of a distant town on the left horizon. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price — low clouds press down, thick with moisture, and the wind visibly bends the June foliage of deciduous trees lining a road in the foreground. Temperature is mild at 13.7°C; lush green grass and full-leafed trees are rendered in muted nighttime tones. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of indigo, amber, slate grey, and warm ochre; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between the lit industrial structures and the surrounding darkness; atmospheric depth with haze and steam merging into the overcast; meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, hyperbolic cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.