Wind leads at 15.4 GW but gas, brown coal, and hard coal fill a 9.3 GW import gap at nighttime.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 18%
53%
Renewable share
16.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.2 GW
Total generation
-9.3 GW
Net import
111.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.7°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
314
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across dark rolling hills, their red aviation lights blinking; brown coal 7.8 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 7.9 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, their facades illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional station with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belt silhouette; biomass 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a squat smokestack and warm interior glow from open loading bays; wind offshore 1.2 GW is visible as a distant line of tiny lit turbines on the far horizon; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a concrete dam with spillway in the middle distance, faintly lit. The sky is completely black and cloudless, filled with sharp stars and no moon glow, consistent with 23:00 in April — absolutely no twilight or sky brightening. The air feels cool at 6.7°C; early spring vegetation is sparse, with bare-branched trees just beginning to bud. A faint ground-level mist drifts between the turbine bases. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding industrial tension. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters like Caspar David Friedrich, with rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth, warm sodium-orange industrial light contrasting against the cold indigo-black night sky, and meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.