Wind leads at 16.7 GW but coal and gas provide 17.1 GW of thermal backing on a dark, cool May night.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 19%
56%
Renewable share
16.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.0 GW
Total generation
-2.5 GW
Net import
114.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.3°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
303
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.3 GW and wind offshore 5.4 GW dominate the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across a rolling nocturnal landscape, their red aviation warning lights blinking in staggered rhythm; brown coal 7.5 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange floodlights; natural gas 5.7 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a smaller vapour trail; hard coal 3.9 GW sits behind the gas plant as a traditional coal station with a single large chimney and conveyor belt; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and moderate steam, placed centre-right; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far middle distance with faint white water. The hour is 04:00 in mid-May — the sky is completely black-to-deep-navy, no twilight glow whatsoever, stars fully obscured by 100% cloud cover creating a featureless oppressive overcast ceiling. The only illumination comes from industrial sodium streetlights casting orange pools on wet tarmac, floodlit steam columns, and faint amber window glow from control buildings. The temperature is a chilly 5°C; early spring vegetation — bare-branched trees with only the first hints of green leaf buds — lines the edges. A light ground mist drifts among the turbine bases. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down on the industrial skyline. Style: a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric sfumato in the mist and steam, yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flue, and gas stack. No text, no labels.