Wind leads at 22 GW but high thermal dispatch and 5.4 GW net imports reflect strong evening demand under overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 33%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 16%
58%
Renewable share
22.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
48.2 GW
Total generation
-5.4 GW
Net import
121.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.2°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
293
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.9 GW dominates the left quarter as four massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into blackness, their concrete shells lit from below by amber sodium lamps at a lignite power station; hard coal 6.1 GW sits just right of centre as a gritty coal-fired plant with tall rectangular stacks and conveyor belt gantries, glowing orange from furnace light spilling through grated windows; natural gas 6.1 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with slender cylindrical exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, positioned centre-right, their polished metal casings reflecting floodlights; wind onshore 16.1 GW fills the right third and stretches into the background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the dark; wind offshore 6.1 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a row of turbines standing in dark water, tiny red dots marking their positions; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip silo and single stack emitting a thin pale exhaust, nestled between coal and gas; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam spillway in the lower-right foreground, water catching the reflected glow of facility lights. The sky is completely black, 100% cloud cover erasing all stars, deep navy-to-black overhead, oppressive and heavy atmosphere conveying the 121 EUR/MWh price tension. Temperature 8°C: early spring bare-branched trees with only the faintest green buds, damp ground reflecting puddles of industrial light. Light wind at 7 km/h gives gentle motion to steam plumes drifting leftward. All illumination is artificial — sodium streetlights cast amber pools on roads between plants, blue-white LED floodlights on turbine bases, orange furnace glow from coal plants. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth with industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. A grand, sombre nocturne of the industrial landscape. No text, no labels.