Strong wind (26 GW) leads generation but coal and gas fill a 5.7 GW import gap at nighttime peak.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 16%
66%
Renewable share
26.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
47.9 GW
Total generation
-5.8 GW
Net import
120.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.8°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
241
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.9 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling hills into the far distance; wind offshore 6.1 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines on the distant horizon over a dark sea; brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left foreground 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 4.6 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat haze; hard coal 4.0 GW appears as a smaller coal plant beside the lignite station with a single large smokestack and coal conveyor belts; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and modest chimney; hydro 1.6 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley at centre-right. The scene is set at 22:00 in May — completely dark night sky, deep navy-black, no twilight glow, no sunset remnants, heavy 99% cloud cover obscuring all stars and moon, creating a low oppressive ceiling reflecting the 120.8 EUR/MWh price. All structures are illuminated only by artificial light: amber sodium streetlights along access roads, white floodlights on industrial buildings, red aviation warning lights blinking atop turbine nacelles and smokestacks. Temperature is cool at 6.8°C — spring vegetation is green but muted, visible only where light falls. Wind at 15.6 km/h animates turbine blades in motion blur, steam plumes bending and shearing to the east. The atmosphere is heavy, humid, oppressive. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, lamp black, burnt sienna, and cadmium orange — with visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every structure, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the void-black sky. No text, no labels.