Wind leads at 12.8 GW but 21.4 GW net imports fill the evening gap as solar fades and prices spike.
Back
Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 2%
Biomass 17%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 14%
70%
Renewable share
12.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.6 GW
Solar
27.2 GW
Total generation
-21.4 GW
Net import
173.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.8°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 67.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
200
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#1
Wild Ride
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.5 GW dominates the right half of the scene as a vast array of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills, rotors turning steadily; wind offshore 3.3 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines on a dark sea horizon line; brown coal 3.7 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes, flanked by conveyor belt infrastructure and lignite stockpiles; biomass 4.6 GW fills the left-centre as a row of industrial biomass CHP plants with timber-framed fuel storage and moderate exhaust columns; natural gas 3.2 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and heat-recovery unit; hard coal 1.1 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional boiler house with a single stack and coal hopper; hydro 1.2 GW is rendered as a small dam structure with spillway in the centre-right middle ground; solar 0.6 GW is shown as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre foreground, their surfaces dark and reflective under artificial light, catching no sunlight. Time is 20:00 in May — the sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow, no sunset remnant; stars are faintly emerging. All facilities are lit by warm sodium-orange industrial lighting, glowing windows in control buildings, and red aviation warning lights atop towers and stacks. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a low haze hangs over the industrial areas, the air feels dense and weighty. Late spring vegetation is lush and green but visible only where artificial light spills onto it. The mild 19.8°C temperature is suggested by open doors on plant buildings and workers in light clothing near the biomass facility. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, burnt sienna, and amber; visible impasto brushwork; deep atmospheric perspective; meticulous engineering detail on every nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack — a dramatic industrial nocturne that feels like a masterwork canvas. No text, no labels.