Strong wind and heavy lignite anchor generation, but 9.5 GW net imports are needed to meet peak evening demand at 156.7 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 20%
61%
Renewable share
27.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
53.9 GW
Total generation
-9.5 GW
Net import
156.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.7°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
268
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 21.8 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind; wind offshore 5.3 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of offshore turbines barely visible on a dark horizon over a grey sea; brown coal 10.6 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast sky, alongside open-pit conveyor structures and glowing furnace light spilling from a lignite power station; natural gas 7.5 GW fills the centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.8 GW sits as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single cooling tower behind the gas plant; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial biogas facility with cylindrical digesters and a small chimney with warm exhaust; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a modest dam structure with cascading water in the centre-right valley. TIME AND LIGHTING: 19:00 in March, late dusk — the sky is nearly dark, a thin band of fading burnt-orange glow clings to the very lowest western horizon, the rest of the sky deep charcoal-grey with total 100% cloud cover, no stars visible. The landscape is predominantly lit by sodium-yellow industrial lighting from the power stations, casting warm pools of artificial light on wet ground and steel infrastructure. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme 156.7 EUR/MWh electricity price — low-hanging clouds press down on the cooling towers, steam merging with cloud base. Early spring vegetation: bare deciduous trees with the faintest suggestion of budding, damp green-brown grass at 9.7°C. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines stretch across the mid-ground connecting the facilities. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, moody colour palette of deep umber, slate grey, burnt sienna, and ochre; visible confident brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with chiaroscuro from industrial light against the dark sky. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy — turbine nacelles, rotor blades, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust geometry. The painting evokes sublime industrial grandeur and the tension of a grid under strain. No text, no labels.