Strong wind leads generation but 9.3 GW net imports are needed under full overcast with negligible solar.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 3%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 15%
65%
Renewable share
24.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.4 GW
Solar
48.8 GW
Total generation
-9.3 GW
Net import
126.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.9°C / 29 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
248
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling green-brown early-April farmland, rotors spinning briskly in strong wind; wind offshore 6.2 GW appears on the far right horizon as a line of turbines standing in a grey North Sea glimpsed through a gap in low hills. Brown coal 7.3 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the overcast, conveyor belts of dark brown lignite visible at the base. Natural gas 5.3 GW sits centre-left as two sleek CCGT combined-cycle units with tall narrow exhaust stacks releasing thin transparent heat shimmer. Hard coal 4.7 GW appears just left of centre as a traditional coal plant with a single large chimney and coal stockpile yard. Biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small stacks, nestled among bare-branched trees at mid-ground. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small run-of-river weir with turbine house visible at the edge of a cold stream in the lower-left corner. Solar 1.4 GW appears minimally as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and reflecting no light under the heavy clouds. The sky is entirely overcast in oppressive layers of dark grey stratus, creating a heavy, high-price atmosphere; the lighting is early-dawn at 07:00 in April — pale blue-grey pre-dawn light filtering weakly through thick clouds, no direct sunlight, no warm tones, the eastern horizon barely brightening behind the cloud deck. The temperature is near 7°C: grass is damp, patches of morning mist cling to low ground, early spring vegetation is sparse with a few green shoots. Wind visibly bends bare tree branches and ripples puddles. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the misty distance, suggesting cross-border interconnectors carrying import power. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich, sombre colour palette of slate grey, raw umber, and muted olive, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.