Strong overnight wind (25.3 GW) drives 60% renewables, but 14.9 GW of coal holds firm at €100.5/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 18%
60%
Renewable share
25.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.8 GW
Total generation
+3.9 GW
Net export
100.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.9°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
54.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
285
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling farmland, rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind. Wind offshore 6.2 GW appears as a distant line of larger turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea. Brown coal 9.0 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes that drift across the scene. Hard coal 5.9 GW stands just right of centre-left as a cluster of tall rectangular boiler buildings with prominent smokestacks releasing thin grey exhaust. Natural gas 5.6 GW appears as a compact modern CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a smaller heat-recovery unit, placed at centre. Biomass 4.0 GW is shown as a mid-sized industrial plant with a domed digester and short chimney with faint vapour, positioned between the coal stations and the turbines. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley in the distant background. TIME: 03:00 at night — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars barely visible through 54% partial cloud cover rendered as grey-silver wisps. All structures illuminated only by sodium-orange industrial floodlights, red aviation warning lights blinking on turbine nacelles and smokestacks, warm yellow glow from facility windows. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down, steam from the cooling towers merges with the overcast creating a brooding, dense canopy. Early spring landscape: bare deciduous trees, patches of frost on pale dormant grass, temperature near 3°C suggested by mist in low-lying areas. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blues, burnt umbers, and warm amber highlights from artificial light; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with sfumato haze around distant turbines; dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial complexes and the surrounding darkness. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology. No text, no labels.