Wind leads at 15 GW with solar fading at dusk; 21.9 GW net imports fill a wide generation-consumption gap at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 19%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 6%
84%
Renewable share
15.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
6.0 GW
Solar
31.5 GW
Total generation
-21.9 GW
Net import
109.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.5°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
62.0% / 39.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
104
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.1 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green spring hills, their rotors visibly turning in moderate wind. Wind offshore 2.9 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a sliver of grey sea. Solar 6.0 GW occupies the centre-left foreground as expansive rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels on gently sloping farmland, their glass surfaces catching the last low orange-red light. Biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as two mid-scale industrial facilities with cylindrical silos and modest stacks emitting thin white exhaust, positioned in the left-centre middle ground. Natural gas 2.2 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and rectangular turbine hall, left of centre. Brown coal 2.0 GW occupies the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with dense white steam plumes rising against the darkening sky. Hard coal 0.7 GW is a smaller single stack with a thin grey plume at the far-left edge. Hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a small reservoir dam visible in a valley between the hills. The sky is a dusk scene at 18:00 in early April: the lower horizon glows deep orange-red fading to amber, the upper sky transitions rapidly to slate blue and gathering darkness, with 62% cloud cover rendered as broken stratocumulus lit underneath with copper and purple tones. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding, weighty sky pressing down on the landscape. Spring vegetation: fresh pale-green grass, budding deciduous trees, patches of early wildflowers. Temperature is mild at 14.5°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing horizon and darkening overhead sky — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every PV panel frame, every cooling tower's concrete texture. The scene feels monumental, a 19th-century Romantic masterwork depicting the modern industrial-energy landscape. No text, no labels.