Wind leads at 15.1 GW but brown coal and gas backstop a 5.6 GW import gap at nighttime peak.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 22%
53%
Renewable share
15.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.2 GW
Total generation
-5.6 GW
Net import
114.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.3°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
328
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.2 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling dark hills; wind offshore 2.9 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines on a barely visible black sea horizon with red aviation warning lights. Brown coal 8.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power plant complex with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights. Natural gas 6.0 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting pale heat shimmer, surrounded by pipework and lit by white halogen spotlights. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a domed digester and short chimneys emitting thin vapour, positioned centre-right. Hard coal 3.9 GW sits adjacent to the brown coal plant as a smaller station with a single rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts, coal piles faintly visible under floodlights. Hydro 1.5 GW is represented by a small concrete dam with a dark reservoir reflecting the industrial glow, tucked in the far centre background. The sky is completely black — no twilight, no moon, no stars — heavy 100% overcast erasing all celestial features, creating an oppressive, weighty atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The only light sources are artificial: amber sodium streetlights along a road in the foreground, white and orange floodlights on the power stations, red blinking lights atop wind turbines and chimney stacks. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and leafing trees — is barely discernible in the peripheral glow of the industrial lights, temperature mild at 13°C. A light breeze animates the cooling tower plumes, drifting them gently. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark colour palette of deep navy, charcoal, amber, and ivory; visible confident brushwork; strong chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness; atmospheric depth receding into murky blackness. Every technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.