Wind leads at 9.1 GW but heavy thermal generation and 16.6 GW net imports are needed to meet late-night demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 17%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 18%
59%
Renewable share
9.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.3 GW
Total generation
-16.6 GW
Net import
123.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.1°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
271
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, their rotors slowly turning in moderate breeze, arrayed across a gently rolling dark plain; brown coal 4.7 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by amber industrial floodlights; natural gas 4.9 GW sits left-of-centre as compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin white plumes, their steel structures gleaming under sodium lights; biomass 4.4 GW appears centre-left as a group of medium-scale industrial buildings with squat chimneys and adjacent timber storage yards illuminated by warm spotlights; hard coal 1.2 GW is a smaller power station near the brown coal complex with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belt; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a concrete dam face in the mid-ground with controlled spillway water catching reflected light; offshore wind 0.7 GW is faintly visible on the far horizon as a few tiny lit turbines above a dark sea line. The sky is completely black, 100% overcast, no stars, no moon, no twilight—a deep oppressive navy-charcoal ceiling pressing down. The only light sources are sodium-orange and white industrial floodlights casting sharp pools across wet spring grass and budding trees with fresh pale-green foliage at 13°C. A faint haze of humidity hangs in the air, adding atmospheric weight suggesting the high electricity price. Transmission towers with cables stretch across the mid-ground, symbolizing the heavy import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich dark palette of deep blues, ambers, and greys, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth and industrial sublime grandeur. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology: lattice towers, turbine blade profiles, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.