Strong onshore wind leads at 18.5 GW, but 14.4 GW of thermal generation and 6.4 GW net imports are needed to meet late-night demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 45%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 14%
65%
Renewable share
21.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.3 GW
Total generation
-6.4 GW
Net import
105.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.4°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
238
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.5 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; brown coal 5.9 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 5.1 GW sits left of centre as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.4 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular boiler house and smokestack between the gas and lignite plants; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a cluster of mid-sized biomass CHP plants with timber-yard storage and modest chimneys releasing pale wisps, positioned centre-right; wind offshore 2.8 GW appears as a distant line of turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly visible sea; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir in a valley in the middle distance. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-to-black, clear with scattered stars and no moon glow, no twilight whatsoever—it is 23:00 in late April. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium-orange streetlights along access roads, white LED floodlights on turbine bases, red aviation warning lights blinking atop every turbine nacelle and every smokestack, glowing furnace windows in the coal plants, and steam plumes catching the warm industrial light from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting a high electricity price—a faint industrial haze clings low to the ground. Early spring vegetation: bare-branched oaks beginning to leaf, fresh grass on hillsides, cool 7°C air suggested by slight frost on metal surfaces. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich, deep colour palette of indigo, burnt sienna, and warm amber; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of distance; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.