Strong wind generation leads at 35 GW, but 7.9 GW net imports needed as evening demand peaks under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 51%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 1%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 10%
75%
Renewable share
35.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
55.0 GW
Total generation
-7.9 GW
Net import
135.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.8°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 4.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
170
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 28.3 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching deep into the background across rolling green farmland, rotors visibly spinning in moderate wind. Wind offshore 6.7 GW appears as a distant line of larger turbines on the far-right horizon, barely visible through haze. Brown coal 5.7 GW occupies the left background as a massive lignite power station with two hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the overcast. Natural gas 5.6 GW sits left of centre as a compact modern CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin grey-white exhaust. Hard coal 2.6 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular stack and coal conveyor, positioned behind the gas plant. Biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with cylindrical digesters and a modest chimney, placed in the centre-left middle ground among bare-branched early-spring trees. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with spillway in the foreground left, water catching the last faint light. Solar 0.3 GW is absent — no panels visible. The sky is entirely overcast with heavy, oppressive, low stratiform clouds in tones of slate grey and muted purple, conveying the high electricity price. The lighting is late dusk at 18:00 in late March: a thin band of dim orange-red glow clings to the lower western horizon at left, while the sky above darkens rapidly to deep blue-grey. Sodium streetlights along a small road in the foreground are just flickering on, casting warm amber pools. The landscape is early spring — grass turning green, scattered bare deciduous trees, ploughed fields. Temperature around 11°C, damp atmosphere. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the darkening sky — with meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, and plant structures. No text, no labels.