Strong wind and lignite anchor a 1 AM grid that still needs 6.8 GW of imports under full cloud cover.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 19%
62%
Renewable share
18.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.2 GW
Total generation
-6.8 GW
Net import
122.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.9°C / 20 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
266
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.0 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors visibly spinning in strong wind, spread across rolling hills receding into darkness; brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 5.2 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin tall exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, warmly lit by floodlights; hard coal 2.4 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional station with a single tall chimney and coal conveyor gantry under yellow industrial lighting; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered centre-right as a cluster of medium-sized plants with rounded storage silos and short stacks, softly illuminated; hydro 1.7 GW appears in the lower centre as a concrete dam with water spilling over a weir, faintly reflecting artificial light; wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a faint row of blinking red aviation lights above an invisible sea. The sky is completely black to deep navy, 100% overcast with no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever — a heavy, oppressive cloud ceiling pressing down, reflecting a dull orange-brown industrial glow from the coal station. The atmosphere feels dense and weighty, conveying the high electricity price. Mild June vegetation — lush dark green grass and leafy trees — is barely discernible in the foreground under scattered sodium streetlights along a country road. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich, sombre colour palette of deep indigo, burnt umber, and warm sodium orange; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower reinforcement rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.