Wind leads at 14.4 GW but overcast skies, cool temperatures, and 8.8 GW net imports drive prices to 94 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 16%
Solar 5%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 17%
71%
Renewable share
14.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.6 GW
Solar
30.9 GW
Total generation
-8.9 GW
Net import
94.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.0°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
202
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.5 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green-brown spring hills; wind offshore 4.9 GW appears in the distant background right as a cluster of turbines rising from a grey North Sea horizon; brown coal 5.1 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy air; biomass 4.6 GW sits left of centre as a collection of industrial biomass combustion plants with tall rectangular stacks and conveyor belts feeding wood chip bunkers; natural gas 3.1 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with sleek single exhaust stacks venting thin grey vapour; solar 1.6 GW is represented as a small array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre foreground, their surfaces dull and unreflective under the dense overcast; hard coal 0.7 GW is a single smaller coal plant with a square chimney barely visible behind the lignite station; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam structure nestled in a valley at far left. The sky is pre-dawn at 07:00 in April — a deep blue-grey wash with the faintest hint of pale light at the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, 100 percent cloud cover creating a low oppressive ceiling of uniform grey stratus. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, reflecting the high electricity price — mist clings to the valley floors, damp air diffuses all light. Temperature 6°C: early spring vegetation is sparse, grass is pale green-brown, trees show only the first tiny buds on bare branches. Wind speed is low at ground level despite significant generation aloft — foreground grasses barely stir. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice steel pylons cross the middle distance, symbolising the 8.8 GW of imports flowing into the scene. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, moody colour palette of slate greys, muted greens, deep blues, and warm amber from the industrial glow of the power stations; visible confident brushwork with atmospheric depth and sfumato in the distant layers; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, cooling tower curvature, and panel frame; the scene feels like a monumental 19th-century German Romantic industrial landscape masterwork. No text, no labels.