Strong onshore and offshore wind dominate at 36.1 GW after dark, enabling 1.4 GW net export at moderate prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 61%
Wind offshore 14%
Solar 0%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 5%
87%
Renewable share
36.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
47.9 GW
Total generation
+1.4 GW
Net export
33.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.3°C / 27 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
84
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 29.4 GW dominates the composition, filling roughly 60% of the canvas as vast rows of three-blade turbines with detailed nacelles and lattice towers stretching across rolling central-German hills from the centre to the right horizon. Wind offshore 6.7 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of taller turbines rising from a dark sea visible through a gap in the terrain. Biomass 4.6 GW occupies the centre-left as a mid-sized industrial facility with a compact stack and a warm amber glow from its furnace windows, wood-chip conveyor visible. Natural gas 2.7 GW sits left-of-centre as a CCGT plant with a single clean exhaust stack emitting a thin transparent plume, lit by sodium facility lights. Brown coal 2.4 GW is rendered in the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with drifting white steam plumes, illuminated from below by orange industrial lighting. Hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley fold near the centre foreground, with rushing water catching faint reflected light. Hard coal 1.0 GW is a single modest smokestack with a dim red aviation warning light beside the brown coal complex. Time is 20:00 in early April — the sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remains, 100% cloud cover obscures all stars, creating a heavy low overcast ceiling faintly lit from below by the collective industrial glow. Strong wind at 26.7 km/h animates the scene: turbine blades show motion blur, young spring grass on the hillsides bends uniformly, steam plumes from cooling towers shear sharply sideways. Temperature is 11°C — early spring vegetation, fresh green but sparse, no full canopy yet. The moderate price is conveyed through a calm, settled atmosphere without oppressive weight. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette of indigo, ochre, and steel grey; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of mist and industrial haze; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and conveyor structure; dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial sodium and LED lighting against the dark overcast sky. No text, no labels.