Wind dominates nighttime generation at 26.4 GW while brown coal and gas cover residual load with 1.5 GW net import.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 51%
Wind offshore 15%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 11%
79%
Renewable share
26.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.3 GW
Total generation
-1.5 GW
Net import
85.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.1°C / 20 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
146
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 20.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and aerodynamic nacelles stretching across rolling central German farmland, their rotors spinning vigorously in strong wind; wind offshore 5.9 GW appears on the far right horizon as a cluster of larger turbines standing in a faintly suggested dark sea; brown coal 4.4 GW occupies the left foreground as a lignite power station with two massive hyperbolic cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes into the night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a mid-sized combined heat-and-power plant with a wood-chip silo and a single slender stack emitting a thin wisp of pale smoke, positioned left of centre; natural gas 3.4 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a gleaming cylindrical exhaust stack and air intake housing, bathed in cool white LED security lighting, placed at centre-left; hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley notch between hills; hard coal 0.9 GW is a smaller conventional boiler house with a single square chimney, partially obscured behind the gas plant. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 95% overcast with no stars or moon visible, no twilight glow whatsoever — a 3 AM June night. The cloud deck is heavy and oppressive, faintly illuminated from below by the orange-sodium glow of distant towns and the industrial facilities. Green summer vegetation on the rolling hills is barely discernible in the darkness. The atmosphere feels weighty and close, reflecting the moderately high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the black sky and the warm industrial light sources, atmospheric depth achieved through layered mist and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and pipe rack. No text, no labels.