Strong onshore wind leads at 24.9 GW, but 7.7 GW net imports and fossil backup meet the 61 GW evening peak.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 47%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 8%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 9%
74%
Renewable share
29.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.3 GW
Solar
53.3 GW
Total generation
-7.7 GW
Net import
108.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
92% / 72.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
168
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 24.9 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers receding across rolling central-German farmland, rotors spinning briskly in moderate wind; natural gas 6.8 GW appears centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; brown coal 4.8 GW occupies the far left as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting heavy white steam plumes rising into the overcast; hard coal 2.3 GW sits beside them as a smaller conventional station with a single square chimney trailing dark smoke; solar 4.3 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground catching almost no light under dense clouds; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip CHP plant with a rounded silo and low stack; wind offshore 4.2 GW is suggested by a line of larger turbines visible on a distant hazy horizon; hydro 1.7 GW appears as a small dam with water cascading at the far edge. The sky is 92% overcast with a thick leaden cloud deck; it is 17:00 dusk in March so the lower horizon shows only a thin band of dying orange-red light rapidly fading to slate grey and dark indigo above, giving the scene a heavy oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 108.6 EUR/MWh price. Early spring vegetation — bare trees with first pale green buds, brown-green pastures — at about 11°C. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines stride across the landscape symbolising imports. 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 accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and PV panel. No text, no labels.