Low wind and no solar leave gas, coal, and lignite dominant, with ~15 GW of net imports filling the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 19%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 20%
44%
Renewable share
4.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
22.0 GW
Total generation
-15.3 GW
Net import
133.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.5°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
5.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
380
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Natural gas 4.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin pale plumes lit from below by sodium-orange facility lighting; brown coal 4.4 GW fills the left foreground as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick steam columns rising into the black sky, their concrete forms glowing faintly under industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.1 GW appears behind the brown coal plant as a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular smokestack and conveyor belts visible under yellow lights; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered centre-right as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and short stacks, warmly lit; wind onshore 3.4 GW and offshore 0.7 GW appear in the far right background as a modest row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly against the darkness, rotors nearly still; hydro 1.4 GW is subtly suggested by a small dam structure in the far distance with spillway lights. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with scattered bright stars visible through a nearly clear sky with only 5% cloud cover. The season is late spring: lush green deciduous trees and tall grass border the industrial sites, barely visible in the artificial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying expensive tight-supply conditions — a faint haze of warm industrial exhaust hangs low over the facilities. A high-voltage transmission corridor with steel lattice pylons stretches from the left edge toward the distant horizon, symbolising the massive import flow. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep night sky and the warm sodium glow of industry, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.