Strong onshore wind leads generation but 12.9 GW net imports are needed to meet 48.5 GW demand at dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 44%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 1%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 17%
70%
Renewable share
18.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.4 GW
Solar
35.6 GW
Total generation
-12.9 GW
Net import
96.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.1°C / 19 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
217
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling green hills, blades visibly turning in strong wind; brown coal 6.1 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy sky, beside a sprawling lignite plant with conveyor belts; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a squat wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack releasing pale exhaust; wind offshore 3.2 GW is glimpsed at the far horizon as a line of turbines standing in a grey sea barely visible through mist; natural gas 2.8 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a modest steam plume, positioned centre-left; hydro 1.9 GW appears as a concrete dam with spillway set into a forested valley in the middle distance; hard coal 1.8 GW is a single coal-fired station with a tall chimney and rectangular cooling tower near the lignite complex; solar 0.4 GW is absent from the scene—no panels visible. The sky is 100% overcast, a dense blanket of dark grey stratus clouds pressing low, creating a heavy, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 96 EUR/MWh price. The time is 05:00 in June: the first faint pre-dawn glow of deep blue-grey light seeps along the eastern horizon, but no direct sunlight; the landscape is mostly dark, lit by sodium-orange industrial lighting on the power plants, glowing windows in control buildings, and red aviation warning lights blinking on turbine nacelles. Lush early-summer vegetation—tall grass and leafy deciduous trees—sways in the 18.7 km/h wind, temperature around 11°C suggesting cool damp air with dew on surfaces. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich, moody palette of deep blues, slate greys, and warm industrial oranges, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with mist softening distant elements, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.