Strong onshore wind leads generation at 23 GW under full overcast; 6.4 GW net imports cover the evening consumption gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 50%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 17%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
90%
Renewable share
27.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
7.9 GW
Solar
45.9 GW
Total generation
-6.4 GW
Net import
101.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.2°C / 28 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 3.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
71
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 23.0 GW dominates the scene as vast rows of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills from centre to far right, their rotors visibly spinning in strong wind; wind offshore 4.8 GW appears as a cluster of taller turbines on the distant horizon over a grey sea visible through a gap in the hills at far right; solar 7.9 GW is represented by fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels in the mid-ground left-of-centre, their surfaces reflecting only flat grey light, no sun glare; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a modest wood-chip power station with a rectangular stack emitting pale exhaust, positioned in the left mid-ground; brown coal 2.5 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes that merge with the overcast sky; hydro 1.7 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at lower left with water flowing through spillways; natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack and low rectangular turbine hall near the brown coal facility; hard coal 0.5 GW is a single small dark industrial stack barely visible behind the gas plant. The sky is entirely blanketed in dense, heavy, low stratus clouds with no break, uniformly grey-white, creating a brooding oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The lighting is late dusk at 18:00 in June: a fading warm orange-red glow lines only the lowest sliver of the western horizon at far left, while the rest of the sky grades from steel grey to darkening blue-grey above. Lush green summer vegetation covers the hills — tall grasses bending sharply in the 28 km/h wind, deciduous trees with full canopies swaying. Temperature is mild at 17°C. The atmosphere feels heavy, tense, industrially sublime. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, Romantic palette of greys, muted greens, and fading amber — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower ribbing, every PV cell grid line. No text, no labels.