Wind leads at 20.6 GW but brown coal and gas fill the gap as Germany imports 5.5 GW overnight.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 18%
66%
Renewable share
20.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.5 GW
Total generation
-5.5 GW
Net import
111.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.9°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
243
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 17.0 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and streamlined nacelles stretching across rolling dark hills, blades slowly turning; wind offshore 3.6 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a barely visible dark sea line. Brown coal 7.2 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes, lit from below by amber sodium floodlights of an industrial lignite complex in the Rhineland. Natural gas 4.0 GW fills the centre-left as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine plant with tall single exhaust stacks and a smaller vapour trail, illuminated by white security lighting. Hard coal 2.3 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a rectangular boiler house and single chimney behind the gas plant. Biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack near the centre. Hydro 1.7 GW appears as a small concrete dam with a spillway in the lower foreground, water glinting faintly. TIME: 03:00 at night — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 100% overcast so no stars or moon visible, only artificial light sources. Temperature 15.9°C in early June: lush green deciduous vegetation barely visible in reflected industrial light, damp atmosphere. The mood is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a thick, brooding low cloud ceiling presses down, steam and haze merging into the darkness. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, dark colour palette of deep blues, blacks, warm ambers, and industrial oranges; visible expressive brushwork; strong chiaroscuro with dramatic artificial lighting against profound darkness; atmospheric depth with haze and layered distance. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine three-blade rotors and lattice details, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry. The painting evokes both industrial sublime grandeur and nocturnal solemnity. No text, no labels.