Strong onshore and offshore wind dominate at 30.7 GW; 3.6 GW net imports cover the evening consumption gap.
Back
Generation mix
Wind onshore 54%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 6%
81%
Renewable share
30.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
45.6 GW
Total generation
-3.6 GW
Net import
102.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.1°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 10.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
126
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 24.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills into the distance, rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind; wind offshore 6.1 GW appears at the far right horizon as a cluster of larger turbines standing in a dark sea barely visible against the night sky, their red aviation lights blinking. Brown coal 3.0 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Natural gas 3.9 GW sits left of centre as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin translucent heat shimmer, warmly lit by facility floodlights. Hard coal 1.9 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station adjacent to the brown coal complex, with a single rectangular stack and coal conveyors faintly illuminated. Biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small chimneys, lit by yellow work lights. Hydro 1.8 GW appears as a dam structure in the middle distance with spillway water faintly gleaming under artificial light. Solar 0.2 GW is absent from the scene — no panels visible. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 100% cloud cover erasing all stars, no twilight glow whatsoever — it is fully night at 21:00 in June. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: low clouds press down, humid air thickens around the cooling tower plumes. Temperature is mild at 14°C — lush mid-June vegetation, tall grass and leafy trees in deep shadow. Ground-level sodium streetlights cast amber pools along roads between the installations. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of deep blues, warm ambers, and cool greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — yet every turbine nacelle, cooling tower reinforcement ring, CCGT exhaust cowl, and biogas digester dome is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.