Wind leads at 13.8 GW but 13 GW net imports are needed as thermal plants and demand push prices to 121.5 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 15%
64%
Renewable share
13.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.3 GW
Total generation
-13.0 GW
Net import
121.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.1°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
93.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
244
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 10.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, their rotors turning slowly in light wind, stretching across rolling green summer hills; wind offshore 2.9 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a dark sea barely visible at the horizon. Brown coal 4.6 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights. Natural gas 4.4 GW sits left of centre as two compact CCGT blocks with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin translucent heat shimmer, illuminated by white floodlights. Hard coal 2.0 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single square chimney and conveyor belt, glowing warmly beside a coal stockpile. Biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-clad generation facility with a moderately tall stack and a pile of wood chips, positioned centre-right. Hydro 1.7 GW is a concrete dam with spillway visible in the middle distance, small floodlights reflecting off dark water. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 93% cloud cover blocking all stars, no twilight, no sky glow — only artificial light sources illuminate the scene: sodium-yellow streetlights along a road, white industrial floodlights on plant structures, warm amber windows in a distant village. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, thick low clouds pressing down, reflecting the industrial glow in muted orange-grey tones. Summer vegetation — lush dark green grass, leafy deciduous trees — is barely visible in the artificial light. Temperature is mild, no frost. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between deep shadow and industrial luminescence, atmospheric depth with haze and steam merging into the overcast night. Meticulous engineering detail on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, CCGT stacks, and dam structures. No text, no labels.