Strong wind dominates at 33 GW but 5.6 GW net imports and thermal backup are needed under overcast March dusk.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 47%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 7%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 10%
78%
Renewable share
33.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.0 GW
Solar
55.0 GW
Total generation
-5.6 GW
Net import
112.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.3°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99% / 41.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
151
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 26.0 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills into the distance; wind offshore 7.1 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon emerging from a grey sea; brown coal 5.4 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into heavy clouds; natural gas 4.8 GW sits left-centre as two compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks and thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.1 GW is a single smaller conventional power station with a square chimney and modest smoke trail behind the gas units; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a cluster of mid-sized industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and low stacks emitting faint vapour, positioned centre-left; hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley at centre-right; solar 4.0 GW is rendered as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and reflective under overcast sky, catching no direct sunlight. Time is 17:00 late March dusk: the sky is 99% overcast with heavy, oppressive low stratus clouds in shades of slate grey and purple-grey, a thin band of fading orange-red glow barely visible along the western horizon beneath the cloud deck, upper sky darkening rapidly toward deep grey-blue. Temperature is mild at 15.3°C so early spring vegetation is fresh pale green with some bare-branched trees. Wind at 13 km/h animates the grass and turbine blades with moderate motion. The atmosphere feels heavy, pressured, almost brooding — reflecting the high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, dramatic chiaroscuro between the fading dusk glow and industrial steam, meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, and panel structures. No text, no labels.