Wind leads at 16.1 GW with solar fading at sunset; 21 GW net imports fill the evening demand gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 14%
Solar 21%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 11%
73%
Renewable share
16.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
9.0 GW
Solar
42.1 GW
Total generation
-21.0 GW
Net import
115.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.3°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 129.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
182
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 10.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green spring hills; wind offshore 6.0 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a grey North Sea glimpsed through a gap in the terrain; solar 9.0 GW occupies the centre-right foreground as large arrays of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels on flat agricultural land, catching only diffuse grey light; brown coal 4.8 GW fills the left portion as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast; natural gas 4.7 GW sits centre-left as a compact modern CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed power station with a short cylindrical smokestack and a pile of feedstock beside it, positioned just left of centre; hard coal 1.9 GW is a smaller conventional power station with a rectangular boiler house and a single tall chimney emitting a thin plume, visible behind the gas plant; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and reservoir visible in a valley on the far left edge. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, but the scene is lit by dusk at 18:00 Berlin time — a rapidly fading orange-red glow sits only along the lower western horizon, the upper sky darkening to deep slate grey, creating a heavy, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is central German with gentle hills, fresh spring-green grass and early leaf buds on deciduous trees at 16°C. A moderate breeze visibly moves the turbine blades and ripples the grass. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons cross the scene, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, moody colour palette of ochre, slate, steel-blue and muted green, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective with industrial sublime grandeur. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all technology. No text, no labels.