Strong overnight wind dominates at 23.3 GW, but 5.3 GW net imports are needed to meet 44.5 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 51%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 14%
75%
Renewable share
23.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.2 GW
Total generation
-5.3 GW
Net import
87.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
180
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 20.1 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white cylindrical nacelles and lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills, rotors visibly spinning in moderate wind. Brown coal 5.6 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a tall exhaust stack and glowing furnace windows, wood-chip conveyors faintly visible. Wind offshore 3.2 GW is suggested by distant turbines on the far horizon line. Natural gas 3.0 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and heat-recovery unit, situated mid-left with warm interior lighting. Hydro 2.0 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in a valley at far right with water cascading and small lights along the spillway. Hard coal 1.3 GW is a smaller power station with a single smokestack near the lignite complex. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, midnight hour, 99% cloud cover obscuring all stars and moon — a thick oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down. No sunlight, no twilight, no sky glow whatsoever. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights along access roads, red aviation warning lights blinking atop turbine nacelles, and the industrial glow of the thermal plants. The atmosphere is heavy and humid, suggesting an elevated electricity price — the clouds feel dense and low. Lush green summer vegetation covers the hillsides, trees fully leafed at 14.8°C. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of Prussian blues, lamp blacks, and warm industrial oranges, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — yet every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and gas-turbine exhaust stack is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.