Wind leads at 13.4 GW but 11.8 GW net imports are needed as lignite and gas cover high nighttime residual load.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 22%
51%
Renewable share
13.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.9 GW
Total generation
-11.8 GW
Net import
115.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
342
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 10.8 GW and offshore 2.6 GW together dominate the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling central-German hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against absolute darkness; brown coal 8.5 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers venting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.2 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their facades illuminated by harsh white facility lighting; hard coal 3.9 GW sits behind the gas plant as a single large unit with a rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts faintly visible under spotlights; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered centre-right as a cluster of medium-scale wood-fired CHP plants with squat chimneys and small steam wisps glowing amber; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a concrete dam spillway in the far right middle-ground, turbine hall windows casting pale rectangles of light onto dark water. The sky is completely black, heavy with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever — a deep oppressive ceiling pressing down to convey the high 115.3 EUR/MWh price. Spring foliage on deciduous trees is lush and green where caught by artificial light, temperature a mild 13°C suggested by no frost and gentle leaf movement in light 7.3 km/h breeze. A distant transmission line corridor with high-voltage pylons recedes toward the horizon, hinting at the cross-border imports sustaining the grid. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.