Strong onshore wind leads generation at 21.2 GW; thermal plants and 7.7 GW net imports cover the evening demand peak.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 8%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 13%
70%
Renewable share
25.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.0 GW
Solar
49.8 GW
Total generation
-7.7 GW
Net import
117.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.1°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 189.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
208
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 21.2 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across green spring hills; brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes; natural gas 4.9 GW appears left of centre as two compact CCGT blocks with slender exhaust stacks and faint heat shimmer; solar 4.0 GW is rendered as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a south-facing slope catching the last orange glow; biomass 4.6 GW sits in the mid-ground as a wood-chip CHP facility with a tall square chimney and piled fuel stores; wind offshore 3.7 GW is suggested far in the background as a distant line of turbines on a hazy sea horizon; hard coal 3.3 GW is a dark brick power station with a single large stack and conveyor belt visible beside the lignite complex; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam with cascading water in a valley notch at right. The sky is a late dusk scene at 19:00 in late April: the lower quarter of the sky glows deep orange-red fading to amber along the western horizon, while the upper sky transitions rapidly to dark steel blue and indigo, with the first hints of evening stars. No direct sunlight remains; the landscape is lit by the warm residual horizon glow and the orange sodium lights beginning to flicker on around the industrial facilities. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive — a faint haze hangs over the thermal plants, pressing down on the landscape, reflecting the high electricity price. Spring vegetation: fresh bright-green grass, budding deciduous trees, wildflowers dotting meadow edges. Wind turbine blades show moderate rotational blur from 13.9 km/h winds, and scattered leaves drift in the breeze. Clear sky with zero cloud cover. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour palette, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro between the glowing horizon and darkening sky. Each energy technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine blade profiles, cooling tower hyperbolic geometry, PV panel cell grids, coal conveyor structures. The composition evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime scale, with tiny human figures near the base of the cooling towers for perspective. No text, no labels.