Strong wind provides 75% renewable share at nightfall, but 15.1 GW net imports needed to meet 50.4 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 18%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 10%
75%
Renewable share
20.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.3 GW
Total generation
-15.1 GW
Net import
103.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.4°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
85.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
164
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.2 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling spring farmland, rotors spinning steadily in moderate wind. Wind offshore 6.5 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of offshore turbines visible across a dark sea horizon, their red aviation lights blinking. Brown coal 3.5 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night sky, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Natural gas 4.0 GW sits left of centre as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a thin heat shimmer, its turbine hall lit by sodium floodlights. Hard coal 1.3 GW is a smaller facility behind the gas plant, a single square stack with faint emissions. Biomass 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of medium-scale industrial buildings with cylindrical digesters and short stacks, warmly lit from within. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam and powerhouse visible in a river valley in the centre-left middle distance, water gleaming faintly under floodlights. TIME: 21:00 in April — fully dark, completely black sky with no twilight glow, heavy 85% cloud cover obscuring stars, deep oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights, industrial floodlights on the power plants, and faint red warning lights on turbine nacelles. Early spring vegetation: bare-branching trees with first green leaf buds, fresh grass in fields, temperature mild at 11°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, coal-black, warm sodium orange, and cool steel grey — visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene conveys industrial grandeur under a brooding night sky. No text, no labels.