Wind dominates at 20.8 GW overnight; brown coal and gas backstop a 4.1 GW net import gap under full cloud cover.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 16%
70%
Renewable share
20.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.6 GW
Total generation
-4.1 GW
Net import
88.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.4°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
210
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.3 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across a dark rolling plain, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; brown coal 6.0 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 4.2 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin grey plumes, steel casings gleaming under floodlights; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered centre-right as a pair of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small chimneys, warmly lit; wind offshore 4.5 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as faint red lights in a line above a dark sea; hard coal 1.3 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single stack near the brown coal complex; hydro 1.2 GW is depicted as a small concrete dam with spillway in the lower foreground, water reflecting sodium light. The sky is completely black to deep navy, 04:00 nighttime with zero twilight, 100 percent cloud cover obscuring all stars and moon, creating a heavy oppressive low ceiling reflecting the glow of industrial facilities in a diffuse amber haze — conveying the elevated 88.5 EUR/MWh price as atmospheric weight. Temperature is 5°C in late April: bare-branched trees are just beginning to bud, patches of dew on dark green grass, a chill mist drifts low across plowed fields. Wind at 9.8 km/h imparts gentle but visible motion to turbine blades and steam plumes. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich dark tonalities, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze, dramatic chiaroscuro between sodium-lit facilities and surrounding darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.