Onshore wind leads at 12 GW, but a 17.6 GW net import requirement and thermal generation drive prices above 140 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 39%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 18%
61%
Renewable share
12.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
30.6 GW
Total generation
-17.6 GW
Net import
140.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.3°C / 21 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
266
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 12.0 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across dark rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the night; brown coal 5.4 GW occupies the far left as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps of an industrial complex; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a mid-sized power station with a tall rectangular boiler building and wood-chip fuel conveyors near the left-centre, warmly lit windows glowing amber; natural gas 4.4 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, illuminated by floodlights; hard coal 2.1 GW is a smaller coal plant with a single squat cooling tower and conveyor belt visible just behind the gas units; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a concrete dam structure nestled in a forested valley in the mid-ground with spillway lights reflecting on dark water; wind offshore 0.5 GW is barely visible as a tiny cluster of turbine lights on the far horizon over a distant dark sea. The sky is completely black with no twilight glow — it is 20:00 in May — heavy 100% cloud cover blocks all stars, creating a dense oppressive ceiling reflecting the industrial glow beneath in sickly amber and grey tones, conveying the high electricity price. The landscape is lush late-spring green, visible only where artificial light falls — warm 20°C air suggested by full-leafed deciduous trees and tall grass swaying moderately in 21 km/h winds. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of deep navy, burnt sienna, and lamp-black, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The mood is heavy and industrious, a nation's grid straining under nightfall. No text, no labels.