Wind leads at 14.1 GW but coal and gas fill the nighttime gap, with 4.4 GW net imports needed.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 19%
56%
Renewable share
14.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.7 GW
Total generation
-4.4 GW
Net import
101.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.2°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
32% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
313
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.2 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea inlet. Brown coal 6.8 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights. Hard coal 4.5 GW sits left of centre as a smaller coal plant with rectangular chimneys and conveyor belt infrastructure, glowing with amber floodlights. Natural gas 4.0 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer. Biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of modest industrial buildings with short stacks and wood-chip storage domes, warmly lit. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure in the middle distance with water gleaming faintly. Time is 1:00 AM in early April: the sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow, only a deep navy-black dome with scattered stars visible through 32% partial cloud cover—thin clouds drift across a crescent moon. The air is cold at 4°C; bare early-spring trees with only the faintest buds line the foreground, frost glinting on dormant fields. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price—low mist clings to the ground between the power stations, trapping the sodium-orange glow. All artificial lighting is industrial: amber streetlights along access roads, white floodlights on plant structures, red warning beacons on turbines and stacks. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich's moody darkness crossed with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision—rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.