Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation while 8.1 GW of net imports fill the consumption gap at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 20%
57%
Renewable share
13.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.3 GW
Total generation
-8.2 GW
Net import
121.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.4°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
296
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, rotors turning steadily; wind offshore 3.4 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines barely visible on a far dark horizon line above a sliver of sea; brown coal 6.5 GW occupies the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 4.7 GW sits left-of-centre as two compact CCGT power blocks with slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.5 GW appears as a single darkened coal plant with a tall chimney and conveyor belt structure, faintly glowing; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a rounded storage silo and short stack emitting gentle vapour; hydro 1.7 GW is a small concrete dam with water spilling in the lower-left foreground. TIME: 03:00 at night — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no stars visible due to 100% overcast cloud ceiling pressing low and heavy, creating an oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. No moonlight, no twilight glow whatsoever. All structures lit only by artificial sodium streetlamps casting orange pools and industrial floodlights. The mild 16°C late-May temperature is conveyed by lush, full green foliage on deciduous trees, though colours are muted in darkness. A light breeze animates grass and leaves. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with steel pylons cross the scene diagonally, symbolising the heavy import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, dramatic chiaroscuro between the sodium-lit industrial forms and the oppressive black overcast sky. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and gas turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.