Wind leads at 19.7 GW but 5.7 GW net imports are needed as nighttime demand outstrips domestic generation.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 19%
64%
Renewable share
19.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.4 GW
Total generation
-5.6 GW
Net import
115.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.9°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
255
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 16.5 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers and lit red aviation warning lights, blades visibly turning in moderate wind, stretching across rolling green hills into the deep distance. Brown coal 7.5 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps. Natural gas 4.4 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and a faint heat shimmer, situated center-left with illuminated control buildings. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed digester and a single squat smokestack, warm interior light spilling from windows, placed center-right. Wind offshore 3.2 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a faint row of blinking red lights over a dark sea. Hard coal 2.3 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular cooling tower and conveyor infrastructure, slightly behind the lignite station. Hydro 1.7 GW is a concrete dam nestled in a dark valley in the far background with a thin silver ribbon of water below. Time is 2 AM: the sky is completely black with total 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever, only a uniform deep charcoal-navy canopy pressing down oppressively. The atmosphere feels heavy and close, reflecting the high electricity price. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights casting amber pools along roads, floodlights on the industrial facilities, red blinking lights on turbine nacelles. Summer vegetation — lush dark green deciduous trees and tall grass — is barely visible in the spill light. Temperature is mild at 17°C so there is a faint ground-level mist drifting between the turbine bases. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep night sky and the warm industrial glow, atmospheric depth receding through layers of haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.