Wind and fossil baseload share the evening load as 13.6 GW net imports fill the generation gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 19%
52%
Renewable share
15.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.6 GW
Total generation
-13.6 GW
Net import
129.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.3°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
76% / 0.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
321
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers arrayed across rolling dark fields, their nacelles faintly lit by red aviation warning lights; brown coal 7.8 GW fills the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting dense white steam plumes into the night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 8.0 GW appears centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, illuminated by banks of halogen floodlights; hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the gas plant as a darker, older station with a single rectangular chimney and coal conveyors visible; biomass 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a medium-sized industrial facility with a timber-yard and wood-chip dome, warmly lit windows and a modest stack; hydro 1.6 GW is visible in the far background as a small dam structure with white water spilling over a weir, subtly spotlit; offshore wind 1.2 GW is suggested as a faint line of blinking red lights on the far horizon beyond a dark sea inlet. The sky is fully dark, deep navy-to-black, 76% cloud cover shown as heavy grey clouds blotting most stars, no twilight glow whatsoever—only artificial light sources illuminate the scene. The air feels cool at 9°C with early spring vegetation: bare branches beginning to bud, damp green grass. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, suggesting high electricity prices—low clouds press down on the industrial landscape, trapping steam and light in a hazy amber canopy. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich blended with industrial realism, rich dark colour palette of umber, ochre, slate blue, and ivory, visible thick brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.