Strong onshore wind at 27.3 GW drives 78.8% renewables and 6.7 GW net exports in early-morning Germany.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 56%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 0%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 8%
79%
Renewable share
33.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
48.5 GW
Total generation
+6.7 GW
Net export
56.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.3°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
82.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
142
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 27.3 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers receding into atmospheric depth across rolling farmland; wind offshore 6.3 GW appears on the far right horizon as a cluster of turbines standing in a barely visible grey sea; brown coal 4.0 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; natural gas 4.3 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.0 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular stack beside a dark fuel yard; biomass 3.5 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial wood-chip facility with a squat cylindrical silo and a gently smoking flue; hydro 0.8 GW is a small weir and powerhouse tucked into a stream in the left middle ground; solar 0.1 GW is entirely absent — no panels visible. Time is 06:00 dawn in early September: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale pre-dawn luminance along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, 82% cloud cover rendered as a heavy continuous overcast layer pressing down with a slightly oppressive weight reflecting the moderate electricity price. Temperature is 13.3 °C — the vegetation is late-summer green beginning to hint at autumn gold, dew glistens on grass. Wind speed 13.7 km/h animates the turbine blades in smooth rotation and bends the tall meadow grasses slightly. Sodium streetlights along a country road glow amber. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric perspective, luminous cloud layering, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib structure, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.