Strong onshore wind dominates at dawn under full overcast, with modest thermal and import support meeting 43.4 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 50%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 9%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 6%
86%
Renewable share
26.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.6 GW
Solar
41.8 GW
Total generation
-1.6 GW
Net import
31.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.9°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
94
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 21.0 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling central German hills, occupying roughly half the canvas from centre to right; wind offshore 5.6 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon over a grey North Sea sliver; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a medium-sized wood-chip power station with a modest stack and wood-pile yard in the left-centre middle ground; solar 3.6 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting only grey sky — no sunshine whatsoever; brown coal 2.6 GW occupies the left quarter as two hyperbolic cooling towers emitting pale steam plumes beside a lignite conveyor and excavation pit; natural gas 2.2 GW sits as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and attached heat-recovery unit adjacent to the cooling towers; hydro 2.0 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and small reservoir in a valley at the far left; hard coal 1.0 GW is a single smaller smokestack facility partially obscured behind the brown coal plant. TIME OF DAY: early dawn at 06:00 in June — the sky is a deep blue-grey pre-dawn wash with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight visible, the landscape lit by diffuse ambient twilight. Cloud cover is total: a heavy, unbroken low stratus ceiling in layered greys stretches edge to edge. Temperature is mild at 14°C; lush green summer vegetation covers the hills, grass is dew-laden. Wind turbine blades show moderate rotational blur suggesting steady 10–11 km/h winds; trees lean gently. The atmosphere is calm and unoppressive, reflecting the moderate 31.6 EUR/MWh price — open composition, no claustrophobic framing. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with meticulous industrial-age engineering accuracy, rich colour palette of slate blues, muted greens, and pearl greys, visible confident brushwork, luminous atmospheric perspective. No text, no labels.