Strong wind (25.9 GW) and heavy coal/gas backup meet peak evening demand under full overcast, requiring ~9.5 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 39%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 4%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 15%
64%
Renewable share
25.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.9 GW
Solar
51.8 GW
Total generation
-9.5 GW
Net import
141.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.9°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
244
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.0 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white nacelles and lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades spinning visibly in moderate wind; wind offshore 5.9 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a grey sea inlet; brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, beside open-pit conveyor infrastructure; natural gas 6.6 GW fills the left-centre as two compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks trailing thin hot exhaust; hard coal 4.2 GW sits behind the gas plants as a single large boiler house with a tall brick chimney and coal stockpiles; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a medium-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a dome-roofed fuel store and modest steam stack in the centre-left; solar 1.9 GW is shown as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting no sunlight; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam and penstock visible in a valley on the far left. TIME AND SKY: 17:00 dusk in mid-March — a narrow band of muted orange-red glow clings to the very low western horizon, rapidly fading upward into heavy slate-grey and charcoal overcast; the upper sky is dark and oppressive, almost night-like, reflecting the 100% cloud cover and the tension of a 141.9 EUR/MWh price. The atmosphere is heavy, humid, and brooding. Temperature is mild at 12°C — early spring grass is green but trees are mostly bare with the first tiny buds. Sodium streetlights along a rural road are just flickering on, casting amber pools. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dramatic colour palette of deep greys, ochres, and muted oranges, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, CCGT stack, and PV panel frame. The scene conveys industrial grandeur and the weight of an energy system straining under evening demand. No text, no labels.