Wind and coal anchor overnight generation while 6.3 GW net imports cover the supply gap at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 19%
52%
Renewable share
15.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.9 GW
Total generation
-6.3 GW
Net import
112.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.6°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
324
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.0 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by amber industrial floodlights; natural gas 7.4 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, their metallic housings gleaming under sodium lights; wind onshore 14.1 GW spans the entire right half of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their rotors turning steadily in moderate wind, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 1.7 GW appears as a small group of turbines on the far-right horizon standing in a dark body of water; hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the brown coal plant as a smaller conventional power station with a single tall chimney and rectangular boiler house, smoke drifting upward; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and a modest smokestack between the gas plant and the wind turbines; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure nestled in a valley in the distant centre background. The sky is completely black, heavy with 100% overcast cloud — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow, only a deep oppressive navy-black canopy pressing down, conveying the high electricity price. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the dim artificial light. The temperature is cool at 10.6 °C, suggested by a thin mist hovering over the foreground meadow. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with steel lattice pylons cross the scene diagonally, symbolising the net import flow. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of indigo, umber, ochre, and warm amber from industrial lighting — visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.