Strong onshore wind drives 78.5% renewables and 9.9 GW net export as lignite baseload persists at 4 AM.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 57%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 13%
78%
Renewable share
35.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.7 GW
Total generation
+9.9 GW
Net export
41.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.4°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
158
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 29.0 GW dominates the scene as dozens of massive three-blade turbines with cylindrical nacelles and lattice towers stretching across rolling hills from centre to far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness. Brown coal 6.4 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of large hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps, beside conveyor belts and open-pit infrastructure. Wind offshore 6.1 GW is visible in the far background as a line of turbines standing in a dark sea barely distinguishable from the black sky, their red lights dotting the horizon. Biomass 3.6 GW appears as a modest industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and a single exhaust stack with faint white vapour, nestled between the coal plant and the onshore turbines. Natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a tall single exhaust stack and a smaller cooling unit, positioned left of centre, its metallic surfaces catching the glow of facility lighting. Hard coal 2.0 GW sits adjacent to the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional power station with a rectangular boiler house and a single large chimney. Hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small concrete dam with water flowing, tucked into a valley at the far left edge. The time is 4 AM in late September: the sky is completely black with total 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — only a deep charcoal-navy void. The landscape is lit solely by artificial light — amber sodium streetlights along access roads, floodlights on industrial structures, and the red warning beacons atop the turbines. Autumn vegetation — brown-tipped grasses, yellowing deciduous trees — is barely visible in the peripheral glow. The air temperature is cool at 10°C, suggested by faint mist near the ground and the dense steam from cooling towers. Wind at 10 km/h gives the turbine blades moderate but visible rotation, and grass bends gently. The mood is brooding but not threatening, reflecting a moderate electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of Prussian blue, raw umber, and cadmium orange — visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.