Wind leads at 19.2 GW but 15.5 GW net imports needed as evening demand outpaces domestic generation.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 1%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 15%
63%
Renewable share
19.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.4 GW
Solar
41.3 GW
Total generation
-15.4 GW
Net import
145.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.8°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 63.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
255
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 16.4 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, blades visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 2.8 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon line above a dark river. Brown coal 6.2 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights. Natural gas 5.4 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes. Hard coal 3.7 GW appears just left of centre as a smaller coal plant with a single large smokestack and coal conveyor belt. Biomass 4.6 GW is rendered centre-right as a wood-fired CHP facility with a modest chimney and stacked timber in the yard. Hydro 1.7 GW appears as a small dam and turbine house nestled in a valley in the mid-ground. Solar 0.4 GW is a barely visible row of darkened crystalline PV panels on a rooftop, unlit and inactive. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars faintly visible through clear skies (0% cloud cover). All structures are illuminated only by artificial light: sodium streetlamps cast amber pools, industrial floodlights pick out cooling towers and stacks, windows of control rooms glow warm yellow. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is dimly visible in the foreground. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, conveying high electricity prices: a faint industrial haze hangs low, the amber lights reflecting off steam creating a tense, brooding mood. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of navy, amber, ochre, and grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, exhaust stack, and conveyor structure. No text, no labels.