Wind leads at 18 GW but 16.5 GW net imports needed as solar fades and evening demand peaks.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 7%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 13%
72%
Renewable share
21.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.8 GW
Solar
41.6 GW
Total generation
-16.5 GW
Net import
148.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.6°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
27.0% / 77.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
192
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.0 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with lattice towers and white nacelles stretching across rolling green hills; brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by sodium lamps; natural gas 4.4 GW appears as two compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks and faint heat shimmer in the left-center; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a squat chimney and stacked timber beside it; wind offshore 3.3 GW is visible as a row of turbines on the distant horizon line over a faintly visible sea; solar 2.8 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the center-right foreground catching the last traces of light; hard coal 1.8 GW is a smaller power station with a single tall stack and conveyor belt near the brown coal complex; hydro 1.7 GW appears as a concrete dam structure nestled in a valley at far right. The sky is deep twilight transitioning to night — a narrow band of fading amber-orange glow clings to the western horizon while the upper sky is deep navy-blue approaching black, with the first stars appearing. The June vegetation is lush and full, green fields and deciduous trees in full leaf, temperature mild at 15°C. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, haze hanging low, reflecting the high electricity price. Sodium streetlights and industrial floodlights cast warm pools of amber across the facilities. High-voltage transmission lines cross the scene, their wires faintly glowing with reflected industrial light, symbolizing the heavy import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated color, visible expressive brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, cooling tower curve, and panel frame. No text, no labels.