Strong onshore wind leads at 23.7 GW but 15.4 GW of thermal generation persists under elevated nighttime prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 50%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 14%
68%
Renewable share
26.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
47.7 GW
Total generation
-0.8 GW
Net import
101.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.1°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
225
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 23.7 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, rotors spinning in moderate wind, stretching across dark rolling farmland into the far distance; brown coal 6.8 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 4.8 GW appears in the left-centre as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes, illuminated by facility floodlights; hard coal 3.8 GW sits adjacent as a smaller conventional plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor structures, lit by amber industrial lighting; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest stack with faint exhaust, warmly lit; wind offshore 3.0 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a faint row of blinking red aviation lights above a barely visible dark sea line; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure in the lower-left foreground with water glinting under floodlights. Time is 23:00 at night: the sky is completely black to deep navy, no twilight, no sky glow, stars barely visible through a faintly hazy but cloudless atmosphere. The air feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the high electricity price — a brooding, weighty atmosphere pressing down on the landscape. Spring vegetation is just emerging: fresh green grass and early leaf buds on scattered trees, visible only where caught by artificial light. Ground-level sodium streetlights cast orange pools along a country road threading through the wind farm. Steam from the cooling towers rises into the black sky, underlit in amber and orange. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette dominated by blacks, deep blues, ambers, and warm oranges; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth achieved through layered mist and industrial haze; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust stack. The painting conveys the sublime tension between industrial power and the invisible force of the wind. No text, no labels.