Strong wind leads generation but 14.6 GW net imports are needed as solar fades and evening demand peaks under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 44%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 6%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 16%
73%
Renewable share
25.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.8 GW
Solar
46.8 GW
Total generation
-14.6 GW
Net import
130.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.1°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 7.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
202
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers stretching across rolling green spring hills, rotors spinning briskly in moderate wind. Wind offshore 4.9 GW appears as a distant cluster of taller turbines on the far-right horizon above a faint grey sea line. Brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes that merge with the overcast sky. Hard coal 3.0 GW sits beside the lignite plant as a smaller coal-fired station with a tall rectangular chimney and conveyor belts. Natural gas 2.0 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single sleek exhaust stack and a modest heat-recovery unit, positioned between the coal complex and the wind turbines. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as two mid-sized biogas facilities with squat cylindrical digesters and small stacks with thin white exhaust, set among farm buildings in the middle ground. Hydro 1.6 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a low concrete dam visible along a river winding through the valley floor. Solar 2.8 GW is represented by a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre-left, their surfaces dull and unreflective under the heavy clouds, almost lost in the fading light. The sky is fully overcast at 100% cloud cover; it is 19:00 in May, deep dusk, with only a thin dying orange-red glow along the lowest western horizon and a rapidly darkening blue-grey to charcoal sky above, no direct sunlight at all. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price—thick low clouds press down on the landscape. Spring vegetation is lush but muted in the dim light: fresh green grass, early leaf canopy on scattered birch and oak trees, temperature around 9°C suggesting a cool damp evening with perhaps faint mist near the river. Sodium streetlights are beginning to flicker on in a small village nestled in the valley. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich deep colour palette of slate grey, burnt sienna, forest green, and dusky amber; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze and natural cloud; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame; the scene a monumental Romantic industrial landscape. No text, no labels.