Wind leads at 20.7 GW but nighttime zero solar forces 13.8 GW of thermal generation and 4.9 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 15%
66%
Renewable share
20.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.1 GW
Total generation
-4.8 GW
Net import
113.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.8°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
232
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across dark rolling hills; wind offshore 3.9 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a faintly visible sea; brown coal 6.2 GW occupies the left foreground as massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights of a sprawling lignite power station; natural gas 5.5 GW fills the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with tall slender exhaust stacks and smaller rectangular cooling units, blue-white industrial lighting glinting off metal surfaces; hard coal 2.1 GW appears as a smaller coal plant beside the lignite station with a single square chimney emitting a thin grey plume; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant in the centre with a rounded silo and modest stack, warm yellow light spilling from its open loading bay; hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam and powerhouse tucked into a valley in the centre-right middle distance, water faintly catching reflected light. Time is 23:00 in late April: the sky is completely black with no twilight glow whatsoever, peppered with faint stars visible through a perfectly clear atmosphere with zero cloud cover. The only illumination comes from sodium streetlights casting orange pools, the industrial facilities' floodlights, and faint glowing windows of distant villages. Early spring vegetation — bare-branching trees just beginning to leaf out, fresh low grass — is barely visible in the artificial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price: a brooding, dense stillness hangs over the landscape. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth fading into darkness — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.