Onshore wind leads at 13.8 GW but overcast skies and early hour keep solar negligible, sustaining thermal and import dependence.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 5%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 16%
59%
Renewable share
15.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.1 GW
Solar
38.6 GW
Total generation
-2.3 GW
Net import
111.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.8°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
280
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 13.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling hills into the distance; brown coal 6.1 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy sky; natural gas 5.7 GW appears left-of-centre as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and modest vapour trails; hard coal 4.0 GW sits between the gas plant and the lignite complex as a rectangular power station with a tall brick chimney and conveyor belts carrying dark fuel; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed plant with a squat silo and gentle smoke; wind offshore 1.3 GW is visible on a sliver of distant grey sea at the far right horizon as a small row of offshore turbines on monopile foundations; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a concrete dam with a thin cascade of water in a valley fold at centre-right; solar 2.1 GW is represented only by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline PV panels sitting dark and inert under the clouds, reflecting no light. The time is pre-dawn at 06:00 in May: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminescence at the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, 98% cloud cover rendered as a thick unbroken stratus blanket pressing low over the landscape. Temperature is 5.8°C: spring vegetation is emerging but muted, dew on grass, bare patches on hillsides, trees with young pale-green leaves. Wind at 17.9 km/h animates the turbine blades with visible motion blur and bends the grass. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, and costly—matching 111.4 EUR/MWh—with a brooding, weighty quality to the clouds. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich dark tones, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial realism. Meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.