Strong wind leads generation but 15 GW net imports needed as evening demand outstrips domestic supply under overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 44%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 1%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 17%
70%
Renewable share
25.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.5 GW
Solar
44.6 GW
Total generation
-15.1 GW
Net import
131.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.9°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
222
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.6 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling hills into the distance; wind offshore 5.5 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on a dark horizon line over a barely visible sea; brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lamps of an industrial complex; hard coal 3.3 GW sits just right of the lignite plant as a smaller coal-fired station with a single tall chimney and conveyor belts; natural gas 2.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a slender exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer between the coal plants and the wind turbines; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a medium-sized wood-chip power station with a modest rectangular building, small smokestack, and log piles visible under floodlights; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the mid-ground; solar 0.5 GW is barely hinted at as a tiny darkened row of aluminium-framed crystalline panels on a hillside, completely unlit and inactive. TIME: 20:00 in May — fully dark night sky, deep navy-black overhead, absolutely no twilight or sky glow, stars obscured by 100% cloud cover creating a heavy oppressive low ceiling of dark grey clouds. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights, floodlit industrial facilities, and glowing windows of control buildings. The atmosphere is heavy and pressing, reflecting the high 131 EUR/MWh price. Temperature is cool at 8°C: spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — visible where floodlights illuminate the foreground. Wind at 15 km/h animates the turbine blades in moderate rotation and bends the grass slightly. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, umber, and warm sodium orange; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with industrial sublime grandeur. Meticulous engineering detail on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, smokestack proportions, and plant structures. No text, no labels.