Wind leads at 20.6 GW but heavy coal and gas dispatch plus 9.7 GW net imports meet evening demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 17%
56%
Renewable share
20.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.8 GW
Total generation
-9.7 GW
Net import
137.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.7°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
304
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.6 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling farmland into deep darkness; wind offshore 6.0 GW appears as a distant row of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a barely-visible dark sea; brown coal 7.9 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; hard coal 6.3 GW sits just right of centre as a coal-fired plant with tall rectangular boiler houses and twin chimneys trailing thinner smoke; natural gas 6.2 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with polished exhaust stacks and enclosed turbine halls glowing with warm interior light, positioned between the coal plants; biomass 4.5 GW is represented by a mid-sized plant with a cylindrical silo and wood-chip conveyors, softly lit, tucked behind the gas units; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the lower-left valley, water faintly reflecting orange facility lights. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down on the scene, conveying the high electricity price. April vegetation: fresh green grass and early leaf buds on scattered deciduous trees, visible only where artificial light reaches. Ground-level sodium streetlights cast amber pools along a road threading between facilities. Light mist clings to the cooling tower bases. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light and engulfing darkness, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.