Wind leads at 15.8 GW but coal and gas fill the evening solar gap, driving imports of 9.3 GW.
Back
Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 18%
58%
Renewable share
15.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
-9.3 GW
Net import
109.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.8°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
54% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
300
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.6 GW dominates the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 4.9 GW sits just right of centre as a large power station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts of black fuel, and tall chimneys emitting grey exhaust, floodlit in harsh white industrial light; natural gas 4.4 GW appears as a pair of compact CCGT units with slender single exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls, positioned centre-right; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-ground facility with cylindrical wood-pellet silos and a modest smokestack, warmly lit; wind onshore 13.0 GW spans the entire background horizon as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black night sky, rotors turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 2.8 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbines on the far right horizon, tiny red lights dotting the darkness over an implied sea; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam structure in the right mid-ground with water glinting under floodlights. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-to-black, no twilight glow, no sunset remnants — it is full night at 21:00 in April. Scattered clouds at 54% cover are barely visible, faintly backlit by distant city glow on the horizon. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a dense, weighty mood over the industrial landscape. Early spring vegetation: bare branches with the first pale-green buds on scattered trees in the foreground. Temperature around 10°C suggested by a faint mist clinging to the ground near the cooling towers. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich deep blues, warm amber industrial lighting, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower's concrete ribbing, every gas turbine exhaust cowl. No text, no labels.