Wind leads at 18.1 GW but 13.1 GW of net imports needed as evening thermal and demand peak at 128.5 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 16%
56%
Renewable share
18.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.0 GW
Total generation
-13.1 GW
Net import
128.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.3°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
289
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into deep distance; wind offshore 3.3 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea strip; natural gas 8.4 GW fills the centre-left as a brightly lit CCGT plant complex with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes, sodium lamps illuminating the metal structures in amber; brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick steam columns, lit from below by orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.7 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single smokestack and conveyor belt visible behind the cooling towers; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed generating facility with a modest stack and neat timber yard lit by white floodlights; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small dam with spillway in a valley at far left, barely visible. Night scene at 21:00 in April: completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight remnant, stars faintly visible through a perfectly clear atmosphere with zero cloud cover. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees rendered in dark tones visible only where artificial light reaches them. Temperature 12.3°C suggests mild air — no frost, no heat haze. Low wind in central Germany: turbine blades turning slowly, grass barely stirring. High electricity price atmosphere: oppressive, heavy mood despite clear sky — a brooding tension conveyed through deep saturated darks and intense contrast with the industrial amber glow. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium conduit, cooling tower reinforced-concrete ribbing, CCGT heat-recovery boilers. No text, no labels.