Wind leads at 9.2 GW but large net imports (14.5 GW) and thermal generation cover overnight demand at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 18%
59%
Renewable share
10.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.2 GW
Total generation
-14.5 GW
Net import
121.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.1°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
3.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
270
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Onshore wind 9.2 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades slowly turning; brown coal 4.7 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 4.7 GW sits left of centre as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.3 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of modest industrial buildings with short chimneys and warm amber-lit windows, woodchip conveyors visible; hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway in the lower centre foreground, water catching reflected light; hard coal 1.2 GW is a single smaller conventional power station with a pair of rectangular cooling towers near the lignite complex; offshore wind 0.7 GW is barely suggested as tiny turbine silhouettes on a distant dark horizon line. The time is midnight: the sky is completely black with no twilight, no sky glow, only a scattering of bright stars across a perfectly clear firmament (3% cloud cover). All structures are illuminated solely by artificial light—orange-yellow sodium streetlamps, red aviation warning lights atop turbine nacelles and cooling towers, and the warm industrial glow from plant windows and floodlights. The mild spring temperature of 18°C is shown through lush green deciduous foliage on scattered trees and fresh meadow grass. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite clear skies, conveying the high electricity price—a faint industrial haze hugs the ground near the coal plants, and the sodium lights cast an uneasy amber pallor. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich, deep colour palette of blacks, deep navy, amber, and warm orange; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layered receding planes of terrain; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. The scene reads as a masterwork nocturnal industrial landscape. No text, no labels.