Strong onshore wind at 39.4 GW drives 88.8% renewables and 5.5 GW net export under full overcast.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 62%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 10%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 6%
89%
Renewable share
45.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
6.5 GW
Solar
63.8 GW
Total generation
+5.5 GW
Net export
61.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.6°C / 34 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
77
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#2
Storm Force
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Wind onshore 39.4 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling hills from the centre to the far right, rotors spinning vigorously in strong wind. Wind offshore 5.8 GW appears as a distant line of larger turbines on the grey horizon above a sliver of the North Sea at the far right edge. Solar 6.5 GW is represented by fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground centre-left, their surfaces dull and reflective-grey under thick overcast with no sunshine. Brown coal 3.6 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the cloud layer, with conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles visible. Biomass 3.9 GW appears as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small stacks near the cooling towers. Natural gas 2.6 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and a modest heat-recovery unit just left of centre. Hard coal 0.9 GW is a smaller power station with a single square chimney in the far left background, barely visible through haze. Hydro 1.0 GW appears as a concrete dam structure with spillway in a valley at the far left edge. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, a heavy uniform grey ceiling pressing down, lit by diffuse late-afternoon daylight at 16:00 in October — no sun visible, no breaks in cloud, soft flat light with no shadows. The landscape is early-autumn central German terrain: fields with stubble, scattered deciduous trees with leaves turning gold and rust, temperature around 10°C giving a cool damp atmosphere. Grass slightly wind-flattened, cloud wisps racing low. The mood is industrially busy yet not oppressive, with moderate energy prices reflected in a neutral, workmanlike atmosphere. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — with rich colour palette of greys, slate blues, ochres, and muted greens, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with aerial perspective fading distant turbines into haze, meticulous engineering detail on all infrastructure. No text, no labels.