Wind leads at 12.7 GW but 18.9 GW net imports needed as solar is absent and thermal plants fill the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 21%
52%
Renewable share
13.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.2 GW
Total generation
-18.9 GW
Net import
160.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.5°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 3.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
334
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; brown coal 7.7 GW fills the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark sky, glowing orange from internal furnace light; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with twin slim exhaust stacks venting thin vapour, lit by sodium-yellow industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.2 GW appears behind the gas plant as a smaller coal station with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure, warmly lit; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a modest smokestack and timber storage yard, situated between the coal and wind sections; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam spillway in the far background valley, small but visible with white water cascading; wind offshore 0.6 GW is barely suggested as a faint cluster of turbine aviation lights on the far horizon. TIME: 21:00 in May — fully dark night sky, deep navy-black, completely overcast with no stars or moon visible, heavy low cloud ceiling reflecting a dull amber industrial glow from below. Temperature 8.5°C: spring vegetation is lush green but the atmosphere feels cool and damp; bare-branched hedgerows mix with fresh leafy trees. The oppressive heavy cloud layer conveys the high electricity price — a thick, pressing atmosphere weighing on the landscape. Foreground: a wet country road with puddles reflecting the amber glow of a single sodium streetlight, leading the eye into the industrial middle ground. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of burnt umber, Prussian blue, and ochre; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the black sky; atmospheric depth with misty layers between the facilities; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.