Strong onshore wind leads generation but a 22.4 GW import gap and thermal backup drive prices to 178.6 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 14%
64%
Renewable share
15.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.5 GW
Solar
34.6 GW
Total generation
-22.4 GW
Net import
178.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.9°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
2.0% / 60.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
238
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 12.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green spring hills; wind offshore 2.9 GW appears in the far background right as a cluster of turbines on the distant dark horizon over the sea; natural gas 5.5 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power stations with slim exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer against the night; brown coal 4.9 GW fills the left quarter with two massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes illuminated from below by orange sodium lights; hard coal 2.0 GW sits as a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular stack between the brown coal and gas plants; biomass 4.6 GW appears as a cluster of modest industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small chimneys glowing warmly near the centre foreground; hydro 1.3 GW is represented by a small dam and spillway in the lower-left foreground with water catching reflected light; solar 0.5 GW is nearly invisible — a few dark PV panels on a rooftop barely discernible in the gloom. TIME: 20:00 in late April — full night has fallen, the sky is completely black to deep navy blue overhead, stars faintly visible through the nearly cloudless sky (2% cloud cover), absolutely no twilight glow remaining. All facilities are lit by harsh sodium-yellow and white industrial lighting, casting long pools of warm artificial light on the ground. Spring foliage: fresh bright-green leaves on scattered birch and linden trees rendered in dark silhouette. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the extreme electricity price — a brooding, tense quality to the darkness, the air almost thick. Wind at 16.8 km/h animates the turbine blades in moderate rotation and gently rustles the treetops. Temperature 14.9°C suggests a mild spring evening — no frost, no haze. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons stretch from the right edge toward the horizon, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, deep colour palette of midnight blues, coal blacks, warm sodium oranges, and steam whites; visible confident brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with layers receding into darkness; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and gas stack; the scene feels like a masterwork industrial nocturne, luminous and brooding. No text, no labels.