Wind leads at 15.7 GW but 15.2 GW of thermal and 16.7 GW net imports are needed to meet strong evening demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 17%
59%
Renewable share
15.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
37.2 GW
Total generation
-16.8 GW
Net import
157.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.4°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 22.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
278
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 13.5 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white nacelles and lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills, rotors spinning briskly in moderate wind. Brown coal 6.3 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 5.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 3.1 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a squat square chimney and conveyor gantry beside a dark coal heap, adjacent to the brown coal complex. Biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a group of mid-sized industrial buildings with cylindrical silos and short stacks emitting faint grey wisps, set in the centre. Wind offshore 2.2 GW is visible as a line of turbines standing in a distant dark sea on the far-right horizon. Hydro 1.8 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway water catching reflected lamplight, nestled in a valley at lower right. Solar 0.1 GW is essentially absent — no panels visible. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black vault with scattered stars faintly visible through a perfectly clear sky with zero cloud cover. The scene is lit entirely by artificial light: sodium-orange streetlamps line a road in the foreground, the industrial facilities glow with amber and white floodlights, and the cooling tower steam catches warm light from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the tension of a 157.5 EUR/MWh price — a faint haze of industrial warmth hangs at ground level. Late spring vegetation is lush and green but barely discernible in the darkness, with young deciduous trees framing the foreground. Temperature is mild at 18°C — no frost, no heat distortion. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the dark sky and the glowing industrial installations, atmospheric depth receding into the dark horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.