Wind onshore and brown coal lead domestic generation while 14.3 GW of net imports fill a late-evening supply gap at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 20%
52%
Renewable share
14.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.4 GW
Total generation
-14.3 GW
Net import
142.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.1°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
96.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
329
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 13.6 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind, stretching across rolling dark hills; brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 6.3 GW appears left-of-centre as a compact row of CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.2 GW sits as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure between the gas plant and the cooling towers; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and low stack emitting faint grey smoke, positioned in the centre-right foreground; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam with spillway in the lower-right foreground, water gleaming faintly under artificial light; wind offshore 0.5 GW is barely visible as a tiny cluster of turbines on the far horizon. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-black overcast ceiling at 96% cloud cover with no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever; the only illumination comes from amber and white industrial lights on every facility, sodium streetlamps lining a small road in the foreground, and glowing windows of a control building. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — thick humid air, low clouds pressing down. Spring vegetation on the hillsides is fresh green but barely visible, rendered in muted tones under artificial light; temperature of 8°C suggested by dew on grass blades and a faint mist drifting low across the ground. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's brooding darkness combined with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between glowing industrial complexes and the surrounding blackness, atmospheric depth receding into a hazy dark horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.