Strong overnight wind (29.2 GW) leads generation with coal and gas providing firm thermal backup under full cloud cover.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 48%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 10%
69%
Renewable share
29.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.1 GW
Total generation
+4.0 GW
Net export
79.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.4°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
213
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 24.0 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across a flat northern German plain into deep darkness; wind offshore 5.2 GW appears as a distant cluster of towering offshore turbines visible on a far dark horizon line with faint red aviation warning lights. Hard coal 5.2 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive coal-fired power station with tall rectangular boiler houses and twin concrete chimneys emitting grey-white plumes. Brown coal 5.1 GW sits adjacent as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick steam clouds glowing faintly amber from sodium lamps below. Natural gas 5.3 GW appears as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine plant with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, positioned between the coal facilities. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a domed digester and short flue, softly lit. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam structure barely visible in the far middle distance. TIME: 1:00 AM — completely dark sky, no twilight, no glow on the horizon, deep navy-to-black sky, heavy 100% overcast so no stars visible. All facilities lit only by artificial light: harsh sodium-orange and cool white industrial floodlights, red blinking aviation lights on turbine nacelles. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the 79.3 EUR/MWh price — low dense clouds catching faint amber reflections from the industrial complexes. Spring vegetation at 10.4°C: fresh green grass faintly visible under lamplight, bare-budding deciduous trees. Turbine blades are still or barely turning reflecting low local wind. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth with industrial sublime grandeur. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, coal conveyor belt structure, gas turbine exhaust housing. No text, no labels.