Wind leads at 29 GW but 10.7 GW brown coal and 9.9 GW net imports are needed to meet strong evening peak demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 0%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 19%
63%
Renewable share
29.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
55.4 GW
Total generation
-9.8 GW
Net import
153.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.6°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
257
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 23.0 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind; wind offshore 6.0 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon over a grey sea glimpsed through a valley. Brown coal 10.7 GW occupies the left third as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast sky, alongside conveyor belts and open-pit mine terraces. Natural gas 7.1 GW fills the centre-left as a compact CCGT power station with tall slender exhaust stacks and smaller vapour trails. Hard coal 2.7 GW appears as a single coal plant with a square chimney and coal stockpile in the mid-left. Biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial facility with a woodchip storage dome and low exhaust, positioned centre-right. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam with spillway visible in the foreground valley. The sky is dusk at 18:00 in March: a narrow band of deep orange-red glow on the western horizon rapidly fading upward into slate-grey and near-black overcast clouds — 100% cloud cover, no stars, no blue sky. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the very high electricity price. Temperature is mild at 10.6°C: early spring — bare deciduous trees with the faintest buds, patches of green grass, no snow. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with steel pylons cross the scene, symbolising the large net imports. Sodium streetlights glow along a road in the foreground. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.