Wind leads at 18.1 GW but 10.9 GW net imports and 27.4 GW thermal generation cover high evening demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 2%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 21%
47%
Renewable share
18.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.9 GW
Solar
51.9 GW
Total generation
-10.9 GW
Net import
175.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.0°C / 19 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
94.0% / 4.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
361
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind; wind offshore 2.7 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea. Brown coal 10.7 GW occupies the left foreground as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Natural gas 9.7 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 7.0 GW sits behind the gas plants as a large coal-fired station with rectangular cooling towers and a prominent chimney. Biomass 4.4 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a cylindrical silo and low stack near the centre. Hydro 1.1 GW is represented by a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far left. Solar 0.9 GW is negligible — no panels visible, no sunshine. The lighting is late dusk at 19:00 in late March: the sky is nearly dark, a narrow band of dim orange-red glow clings to the lower western horizon, the upper sky deepening to charcoal and navy under 94% cloud cover, heavy and oppressive. Sodium streetlights and industrial facility lighting cast amber pools across the foreground. The atmosphere feels thick and weighty, reflecting extreme electricity prices. Temperature is 8°C — early spring, bare trees with only the faintest green buds, damp brown grass. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark tonal palette, visible expressive brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.