Wind leads at 21.4 GW but peak evening demand of 60.8 GW forces heavy coal, gas, and 12.1 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 17%
56%
Renewable share
21.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
48.7 GW
Total generation
-12.1 GW
Net import
165.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.5°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
299
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 17.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, rotors turning steadily; brown coal 8.5 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes against the dark sky; natural gas 7.9 GW fills the left-center as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 5.0 GW appears center-left as an industrial coal plant with rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered center-right as a wood-fired CHP facility with a modest stack and timber storage yard; wind offshore 3.6 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as faint turbine silhouettes standing in a grey sea; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam with spillway in the middle distance. The time is 19:00 in mid-March — late dusk with the last thin band of deep orange-red glow barely visible along the lower western horizon, the rest of the sky darkening rapidly to deep slate grey and near-black overhead, 100% cloud cover creating a heavy oppressive overcast with no stars visible. The atmosphere is dense and brooding, reflecting the extreme 165.8 EUR/MWh price — a feeling of strain and weight pressing down on the landscape. Temperature is mild at 10.5°C so early spring vegetation is emerging, bare branches with the first green buds on scattered trees, wet fields. Sodium-orange streetlights are switching on along a road in the foreground, and the industrial facilities glow with warm internal lighting, furnace glows, and warning beacons. High-voltage transmission pylons stretch across the scene carrying thick cable bundles, symbolizing cross-border power flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, moody palette of deep blues, warm oranges, coal blacks, and steel greys — with visible brushwork, atmospheric depth, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting from industrial sources against the darkening sky, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.