Wind leads at 16.3 GW but 9.4 GW net imports fill the gap on a mild spring night.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 16%
66%
Renewable share
16.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.9 GW
Total generation
-9.4 GW
Net import
103.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.2°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
230
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 13.2 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling spring farmland, blades visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.1 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines on the dark horizon above a faintly visible North Sea strip. Brown coal 5.1 GW occupies the left foreground as a large lignite power station with three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lamps. Natural gas 4.3 GW sits left-of-centre as a compact CCGT facility with slender single exhaust stacks and a visible heat shimmer, lit by industrial floodlights. Biomass 4.2 GW is rendered centre-left as a mid-sized plant with cylindrical wood-chip silos and a modest chimney with a thin wisp of pale smoke. Hard coal 1.7 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station behind the gas plant, with a single square cooling tower and coal conveyor infrastructure. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam and penstock visible in the middle distance near a river reflecting industrial lights. The time is 1:00 AM on a spring night: the sky is completely black transitioning to deep navy, cloudless and star-filled, with no trace of twilight or sky glow — all illumination comes from sodium streetlights casting orange pools, white industrial floodlights on the power stations, and a few warmly lit farmhouse windows among the turbines. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying high electricity prices — a subtle haze hangs at ground level, thickening the air. Fresh spring grass and early May foliage on scattered deciduous trees, temperature around 10°C suggested by a light mist near the river. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich deep blues, warm amber industrial light, dramatic chiaroscuro, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and layered perspective. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology: turbine blade pitch mechanisms, lattice transmission towers with sagging cables, aluminium cladding on the CCGT, riveted steel on the coal conveyor. No text, no labels, no people in the foreground.