Wind and thermal plants share generation as Germany imports 12 GW on a clear, windless spring night.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 16%
56%
Renewable share
18.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.9 GW
Total generation
-12.1 GW
Net import
114.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.3°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
290
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the far left as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 8.5 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of modern CCGT power plants with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, brightly illuminated by white floodlights; hard coal 3.7 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single squat cooling tower and conveyor belts beside a dark coal stockpile, lit by amber work lights; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-burning facility with a short smokestack and warm golden-lit windows; wind offshore 3.4 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a faint line of red blinking lights over a dark sea; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small illuminated dam spillway in a valley at bottom-right. TIME: 22:00 in late April — fully dark sky, deep navy-to-black, completely no twilight or sky glow, a scattering of cold white stars visible through gaps between the steam plumes, a clear atmosphere but heavy and oppressive mood reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is early-spring central German terrain with bare-branching trees beginning to leaf out, temperature around 10°C conveyed by faint ground mist in low areas. All artificial lighting is warm sodium-orange and cool industrial white, casting long reflections on wet cobblestone roads. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dramatic chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and gas-plant piping. No text, no labels, no human figures prominent.