Wind leads at 25.5 GW but 11.2 GW net imports are needed as coal and gas firm a tight evening grid.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 17%
68%
Renewable share
25.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
45.9 GW
Total generation
-11.2 GW
Net import
127.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.4°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
234
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, rotors spinning vigorously in moderate wind; wind offshore 5.9 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea; brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers issuing thick white steam plumes into the night air, lit from below by amber sodium lamps; hard coal 3.8 GW sits just right of the brown coal plant as a smaller coal station with a single tall chimney and conveyor belt structures; natural gas 3.3 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single slender exhaust stack and a visible heat shimmer, positioned centre-left; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack near the centre; hydro 1.6 GW is depicted as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the centre-right middle distance. The scene is set at 21:00 in May — fully dark night sky, no twilight, no sky glow, deep black-navy heavens with 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price — low clouds press down on the landscape, tinted orange-grey by industrial light pollution from the coal plants. The temperature is a cool 7°C; spring vegetation on the hills is fresh green but muted in darkness, with bare patches of ploughed earth visible. Sodium streetlights line a road winding through the scene. All rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of indigo, amber, and slate grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.