Wind leads at 15.3 GW but 16.8 GW net imports are needed as nighttime demand reaches 52.4 GW with elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 20%
60%
Renewable share
15.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.6 GW
Total generation
-16.8 GW
Net import
153.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.8°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
4.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
278
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.8 GW dominates the right half of the composition as dozens of towering three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across dark rolling hills; brown coal 7.0 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 5.4 GW appears centre-left as a compact row of CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fired plant with a squat rectangular boiler house and a single smokestack glowing warmly; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested in the far background as faint red aviation lights in a row above a dark horizon line representing the North Sea coast; hard coal 2.0 GW appears as a smaller conventional plant with conveyor belts and a single cooling tower near the brown coal complex; hydro 1.7 GW is a modest dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water glinting faintly under artificial light. Time is 22:00 in mid-June: the sky is completely black to deep navy, no twilight glow whatsoever, stars visible through 4% cloud cover — nearly perfectly clear. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the 153.8 EUR/MWh price tension — a brooding, weighty darkness presses down. Mild summer night at 13.8°C: lush green vegetation barely visible in pools of amber sodium streetlight along roads connecting the facilities. Light wind barely stirs the grass. Transmission lines with red warning lights recede toward the eastern horizon, symbolising the large import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, lamp black, and warm amber, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth achieved through layered smoke and steam. Meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and gas-turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.