Strong wind leads generation but coal and gas run hard to cover a 2.8 GW net import gap at evening peak.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 39%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 15%
60%
Renewable share
28.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
56.6 GW
Total generation
-2.8 GW
Net import
126.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.1°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
277
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 22.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across dark rolling hills, rotors spinning in moderate wind; wind offshore 6.1 GW appears as a cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a barely visible dark sea. Brown coal 8.3 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights. Natural gas 8.1 GW sits left of centre as a compact CCGT facility with twin slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, its turbine hall glowing with warm industrial light behind metal cladding. Hard coal 6.5 GW appears centre-left as a large coal plant with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall single chimney trailing a faint plume. Biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed power station with a domed storage silo and a modest stack, positioned in the middle distance. Hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the far middle distance, water glinting faintly under artificial floodlights. Time is 21:00 in late March — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight whatsoever, 98% overcast so no stars visible, a thick oppressive low cloud ceiling reflecting the orange-amber glow of industrial lighting from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and pressured, hinting at the high electricity price. The landscape is early-spring central German terrain — bare trees with the faintest bud suggestion, brown-green grass, patches of lingering cold. Temperature is 4°C so there is a visible chill: faint mist near the ground, breath-like condensation around warm structures. All facilities are lit by sodium-yellow and white industrial floodlights, creating pools of warm light against the dark countryside. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, atmospheric chiaroscuro, visible textured brushwork, dramatic depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, CCGT stack, and coal conveyor. No text, no labels.