Evening import dependency as wind, coal, gas, and biomass cover only half of 47 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 0%
Biomass 18%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 18%
58%
Renewable share
8.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
25.5 GW
Total generation
-21.6 GW
Net import
154.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.0°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
281
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 7.9 GW dominates the right third of the scene as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on rolling green hills, their red aviation lights blinking in the darkness; brown coal 4.7 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 4.9 GW sits centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting pale heat shimmer, their corrugated steel structures glowing under floodlights; biomass 4.6 GW appears centre-right as a large wood-chip-fed power station with a broad cylindrical silo and a shorter stack trailing faint grey smoke; hydro 1.3 GW is visible in the foreground as a concrete dam with spillway and a small reservoir reflecting the facility lights; hard coal 1.2 GW appears as a smaller conventional coal plant with a single square cooling tower beside the brown coal complex; offshore wind 0.8 GW is suggested by a faint line of tiny red lights on the far horizon over a dark sea glimpsed through a gap in the terrain. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, fully overcast at 100% cloud cover so no stars or moon are visible, only a heavy oppressive ceiling of clouds faintly lit from below by the orange industrial glow. The air feels warm and humid at 19°C; late-spring deciduous trees in full green leaf frame the foreground, their leaves stirring in a moderate breeze. The atmosphere is heavy and tense, reflecting the 154.3 EUR/MWh price — a brooding, almost suffocating industrial mood. No sunlight, no twilight, no sky glow — only artificial illumination from sodium streetlights, floodlit plant perimeters, and glowing control-room windows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of umber, ochre, deep Prussian blue, and warm orange; visible confident brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro lighting; atmospheric depth with haze and steam; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The painting evokes both the grandeur and the weight of industrial civilization at night. No text, no labels.