Strong onshore wind drives 81% renewable share at 4 AM; 8.1 GW net export despite elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 60%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 11%
81%
Renewable share
34.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
48.0 GW
Total generation
+8.1 GW
Net export
102.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.5°C / 20 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
134
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 28.7 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling hills from the centre to the far right, rotors spinning visibly in strong wind; wind offshore 5.5 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea; brown coal 5.4 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; biomass 3.9 GW sits centre-left as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall rectangular stack and wood-chip storage dome, warmly lit windows glowing; natural gas 3.0 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single sleek exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, positioned behind the cooling towers; hard coal 0.7 GW is a smaller single smokestack facility partially obscured in shadow at the far left edge; hydro 0.8 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway in the lower-left valley. Time is 4 AM in October: the sky is completely black with no twilight or glow, heavy 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars, a deep oppressive overcast pressing down to convey the high electricity price. Temperature is 8.5°C: autumn vegetation — bare-branching trees, brown and rust-coloured leaves on the ground, damp grass. Strong wind bends grasses and tree branches. All structures are lit only by artificial light — sodium-orange streetlamps cast pools of amber on wet roads, industrial floodlights illuminate the cooling towers and plant buildings, red aviation warning lights blink atop turbine nacelles receding into darkness. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, moody colour palette of deep navy, amber, and charcoal grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with mist between turbine rows, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium infrastructure. No text, no labels.