Wind onshore and brown coal anchor overnight generation while 13 GW of net imports bridge Germany's supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 19%
59%
Renewable share
9.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
24.9 GW
Total generation
-13.1 GW
Net import
110.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.2°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
97.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
277
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.0 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance; brown coal 4.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 4.5 GW appears as a pair of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls in the left-centre; biomass 4.0 GW is represented by mid-ground industrial buildings with short chimneys and warm amber-lit wood-chip storage yards; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway in the middle distance; hard coal 1.2 GW is a smaller power station with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belt infrastructure near the brown coal complex; wind offshore 0.4 GW is barely visible as a few tiny turbine silhouettes on a distant dark horizon line suggesting the North Sea. Time is 2 AM — the sky is completely black with no twilight, no stars visible due to 97% cloud cover forming a low oppressive overcast ceiling faintly reflecting the orange industrial glow from below. Temperature is mild spring at 10°C with fresh green vegetation on hillsides barely visible in artificial light. Wind at 14 km/h gives turbine blades moderate rotation, with grass and young spring foliage bending gently. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting a high electricity price — thick humid air, a brooding industrial pall. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich colour palette of deep navy, burnt orange, sulfurous yellow, and coal-black; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with haze and layered perspective; meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust stacks, and conveyor infrastructure. The scene conveys the sublime tension between industrial might and the quiet spring night. No text, no labels.