Wind leads at 18.5 GW overnight, but 16.2 GW of thermal generation and net imports cover a tight 44.5 GW load.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 17%
60%
Renewable share
18.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.2 GW
Total generation
-4.4 GW
Net import
97.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.5°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
277
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.8 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and grey nacelles stretching across dark rolling hills; wind offshore 3.7 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines standing in a black North Sea glimpsed through a gap in the terrain at far right; brown coal 6.8 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.9 GW sits left of centre as a pair of compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and smaller vapour trails; hard coal 3.5 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a rectangular boiler house and single stack behind the gas plant; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a peaked roof and wood-chip conveyor, glowing warmly from interior lights, positioned centre-right; hydro 1.3 GW is a modest dam structure with spillway water visible in the lower-centre foreground. Time is 1 AM: the sky is completely black with faint stars, absolutely no twilight or sky glow on the horizon; all illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights, industrial facility lighting, red aviation warning lights on turbine nacelles, and the hot glow from plant interiors. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low haze clings to the valley floor, steam from cooling towers hangs dense and unmoving. Temperature is a cool 5.5°C early spring night: bare deciduous trees with only the faintest bud hints, frost-edged grass in the foreground. Wind turbine blades show moderate rotation blur. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of indigo, umber, and warm orange, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into darkness — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.