Strong nighttime wind provides 65% renewables, but 7.2 GW net imports are needed as thermal plants support elevated demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 16%
65%
Renewable share
20.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.5 GW
Total generation
-7.2 GW
Net import
113.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
236
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 16.6 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 4.1 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea inlet; brown coal 6.3 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 5.6 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin translucent heat haze, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 2.2 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular stack and conveyor belt, positioned behind the gas plant; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered centre-right as a cluster of medium-scale industrial units with cylindrical silos and wood-chip storage yards under warm yellow facility lighting; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at the far left edge with faint white water visible. TIME: 23:00 Berlin — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars faintly visible through perfectly clear skies (0% cloud cover). The only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights, industrial facility floodlights, and glowing plant windows casting warm pools of light. April vegetation: fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees barely visible in artificial light. ATMOSPHERE: oppressive, heavy feeling reflecting the high 113.4 EUR/MWh price — a brooding, weighty industrial nightscape with dense steam plumes hanging low and spreading horizontally. Temperature 10.8°C suggests slight mist clinging to low ground. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep blues, blacks, and warm industrial oranges; thick visible brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of steam and darkness receding into the distance; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic geometry, CCGT exhaust stacks, and conveyor structures. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness married to industrial realism. No text, no labels.