Wind leads at 19.2 GW but zero solar and cold temperatures drive 15.6 GW of thermal output and 7.7 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 0%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 16%
61%
Renewable share
19.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.5 GW
Total generation
-7.7 GW
Net import
104.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.4°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
263
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles receding across a flat northern German plain; wind offshore 4.3 GW appears on the far right horizon as a cluster of turbines standing in a dark grey North Sea barely visible; brown coal 6.3 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, surrounded by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles; natural gas 6.0 GW sits left of centre as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.3 GW appears behind the gas plant as a single large boiler house with a tall chimney and coal bunkers; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered centre-right as a mid-sized plant with a rounded silo and wood-chip delivery area, modest steam rising; hydro 1.3 GW is a small run-of-river weir with turbine house at the bottom-centre beside a dark river. Time is 05:00 pre-dawn: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale band of cold light on the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no sunshine, stars still faintly visible overhead. Temperature is near freezing — frost glistens on bare early-spring grass and leafless birch trees; the ground is damp. No solar panels anywhere. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds hover at mid-altitude, the air dense with moisture and industrial steam. All artificial lighting glows warm sodium-orange: floodlights on the coal plant, red aviation warning lights on wind turbines, small lit windows in a distant village. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of Prussian blue, raw umber, and ochre; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of mist between foreground industry and distant turbines. Every technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, lattice sub-structures on offshore foundations, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust stacks. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagining the modern industrial Energiewende landscape. No text, no labels.