Wind leads at 13.9 GW but 9 GW net imports are needed as coal and gas fill the nighttime gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 20%
55%
Renewable share
13.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.0 GW
Total generation
-9.0 GW
Net import
101.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.8°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
38.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
319
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 2.0 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on a far horizon line over a faintly visible sea. Brown coal 6.8 GW occupies the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps, with conveyor belts of lignite visible. Hard coal 4.7 GW sits just right of centre-left as a pair of tall rectangular boiler houses with prominent smokestacks trailing thin grey exhaust, floodlit yards with coal piles. Natural gas 4.1 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a glowing turbine hall, positioned centre-left. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial plant with a rounded silo and small chimney with faint warm exhaust, near the centre. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure with water cascading, tucked into a valley in the mid-ground right. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — it is 1 AM in April. Stars are partially visible through 38% cloud cover with patches of thin cirrus drifting. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price — a low dense haze hangs over the industrial facilities, tinted amber by sodium streetlights. Early spring vegetation: bare-branched trees just beginning to bud, dormant brown-green grass, temperature near 5°C suggested by a faint ground mist in low areas. Gentle wind animates the turbine blades mid-rotation. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich — rich colour contrasts between deep indigo sky and warm industrial amber, visible thick brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of haze receding into distance, meticulous engineering detail on every facility. No text, no labels.