Wind leads at 24.8 GW but thermal plants and 6.6 GW net imports fill a solar-absent evening gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 13%
61%
Renewable share
24.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
49.7 GW
Total generation
-6.6 GW
Net import
111.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.6°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
263
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.5 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across dark rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 4.3 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly visible sea. Brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Hard coal 5.7 GW sits adjacent as a slightly smaller plant with tall rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and coal stockpiles illuminated by floodlights. Natural gas 6.8 GW fills the centre-left as a modern CCGT facility with slender cylindrical exhaust stacks and a compact turbine hall, its clean metallic surfaces gleaming under security lights. Biomass 4.4 GW appears as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and modest chimneys in the centre of the composition. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway visible in the left middle distance. The sky is fully night — 21:00 in April — completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow, 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars, the heavy overcast ceiling faintly reflecting the orange industrial glow from below, creating an oppressive, weighty atmosphere suggesting the high electricity price. Temperature is mild spring at 12.6°C: fresh green grass and early deciduous leaves on scattered trees visible in the foreground under artificial light. The ground is slightly damp. Light wind barely stirs the vegetation despite the turbines turning steadily on higher ground. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and industrial greys — with visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial complexes and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with misty middle distance, technically precise engineering details on all structures. No text, no labels.