Strong wind generation leads at 21.8 GW but 10 GW net imports are needed under elevated nighttime prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 49%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 15%
73%
Renewable share
21.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.5 GW
Total generation
-10.0 GW
Net import
100.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.4°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
193
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 18.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, rotors visibly turning; wind offshore 3.0 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea inlet; brown coal 5.7 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with faint exhaust, positioned left of centre; natural gas 3.3 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a tall slender exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, placed just right of the cooling towers; hydro 2.0 GW is depicted as a concrete dam with illuminated spillway in the mid-ground valley; hard coal 1.5 GW is a smaller coal plant with a single squat stack and conveyor belt, barely visible behind the brown coal complex. TIME: 23:00, fully dark — deep black-navy sky with no twilight, no sky glow, only artificial lighting. Overcast at 99% — no stars visible, low heavy clouds faintly reflecting the amber industrial glow from below. Temperature 15.4°C, lush June vegetation rendered as dark masses of deciduous trees and tall grass. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, matching the high electricity price — thick humid air, dense cloud ceiling pressing down. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines thread through the scene connecting the facilities, some cables disappearing toward the eastern border suggesting imports. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of indigo, umber, amber, and steel grey; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and CCGT exhaust cowling. The mood evokes Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — a nocturnal panorama of energy infrastructure both beautiful and imposing. No text, no labels.