Wind and a broad thermal mix cover 26 GW domestically; 19 GW of net imports bridge the nighttime gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 33%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 17%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 18%
58%
Renewable share
9.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.3 GW
Total generation
-18.9 GW
Net import
140.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.8°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
275
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 8.7 GW dominates the right third of the scene as a sweeping line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning steadily in moderate breeze across dark rolling hills; natural gas 5.0 GW occupies the centre-right as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium floodlights; brown coal 4.7 GW fills the centre-left as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes that merge into the overcast sky, flanked by conveyor gantries and coal bunkers; biomass 4.5 GW appears to the left as a mid-sized industrial facility with a single broad chimney and stacked timber storage yards illuminated by amber work lights; hard coal 1.3 GW sits as a smaller power station with a single cooling tower behind the biomass plant; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a concrete dam spillway at the far left edge with green turbine house lights; wind offshore 0.7 GW is hinted at by a few distant turbine silhouettes on the far horizon. TIME: 22:00 at night — completely dark sky, no twilight, no sky glow, deep black-navy overhead, 100% cloud cover so no stars visible. All structures are lit only by artificial sodium-orange and white industrial lighting, casting sharp pools of light on wet pavement. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and leafy trees visible in the light spill, temperature mild at 15°C. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, thick low clouds pressing down, reflecting faint industrial orange from below, conveying the tension of a 140 EUR/MWh price hour. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, exhaust stack, and conveyor structure. The mood is sublime industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.