Wind leads at 24 GW but a 12.4 GW net import gap and full thermal dispatch drive prices to 137 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 1%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 12%
67%
Renewable share
24.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
44.9 GW
Total generation
-12.4 GW
Net import
137.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.8°C / 21 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
20.0% / 46.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
217
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.3 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling green spring hills, rotors spinning briskly in strong wind; wind offshore 5.7 GW appears as a distant line of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea; brown coal 5.3 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 6.5 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with twin slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white floodlights; hard coal 3.0 GW appears behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional station with a single rectangular boiler house and chimney with a red aviation warning light; biomass 4.7 GW is rendered as a medium-sized wood-chip plant with a tall cylindrical silo and small steam vent, nestled among trees at centre; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a concrete run-of-river weir with spillway visible in a river cutting through the middle ground; solar 0.3 GW is represented only by a few dark, unlit PV panels on a barn roof barely visible in the gloom. Time is 20:00 in late April — the sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remains, stars faintly visible through 20% scattered clouds; a nearly clear but oppressive atmosphere with a heavy, brooding quality reflecting high electricity prices. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass and leafing deciduous trees illuminated only by artificial light — amber sodium streetlamps along a country road, white industrial floodlights on the power stations. Wind visibly bends the grass and young tree branches. Temperature is mild at 14.8°C, no frost. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling tower plumes; meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower geometries, CCGT exhaust stacks, and concrete dam structures. The composition feels like a monumental industrial nocturne, a masterwork painting of the modern energy landscape. No text, no labels.