Wind leads overnight generation at 18.8 GW; thermal plants and 3.3 GW net imports cover remaining demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 46%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 11%
76%
Renewable share
18.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.8 GW
Total generation
-3.3 GW
Net import
90.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.8°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
8% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
165
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, their rotors turning gently, stretching across rolling farmland into the deep distance; wind offshore 4.2 GW appears as a faint cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark estuary. Biomass 4.1 GW occupies the mid-left as a compact wood-fired power station with a low rectangular boiler building, steaming chimneys, and stacked timber logs illuminated by sodium-yellow floodlights. Brown coal 3.6 GW stands at the far left as two large hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange industrial lamps, with a conveyor belt of dark lignite entering a blocky powerhouse. Natural gas 3.1 GW appears centre-left as a sleek combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a smaller heat-recovery steam generator, warmly lit. Hydro 1.2 GW is a modest dam structure nestled in a valley in the middle distance, water glinting faintly. Hard coal 1.1 GW is a small conventional boiler plant with a single square chimney near the brown-coal complex. The sky is completely black with scattered sharp stars and a clear near-moonless vault — 8% cloud cover means only a few thin wispy clouds. Temperature 5.8°C: early spring, bare deciduous trees with the first tiny buds, patches of frost on the fields, breath-visible cold. No sunlight whatsoever — all illumination comes from sodium streetlights along a country road in the foreground, floodlights on the industrial facilities, and faint red aviation warning lights atop every turbine tower. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price — a subtle amber industrial haze clings low to the ground around the thermal plants. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen: rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, deep atmospheric perspective, luminous contrasts between the warm industrial glow and the cold infinite night sky. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, and plant structures. No text, no labels.