Wind leads at 16.5 GW but 16.7 GW net imports needed as solar is absent and evening demand peaks.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 15%
63%
Renewable share
16.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.9 GW
Total generation
-16.7 GW
Net import
145.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.3°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
31% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
247
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, their rotors turning gently in light wind, arrayed across rolling green spring fields; wind offshore 3.7 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines on a dark horizon line above a distant sea; brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 5.7 GW sits left-of-centre as a compact CCGT facility with tall slender exhaust stacks topped with faint heat shimmer and a lit control building; hard coal 2.1 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular stack and conveyor infrastructure, positioned behind the gas plant; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered centre-right as an industrial biogas complex with cylindrical digesters and a squat chimney with a warm amber glow at its tip; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway nestled in a valley in the centre-middle distance. TIME: 21:00 in late April, fully dark—deep navy-black sky with no twilight glow, a crescent moon partially veiled by 31% scattered clouds, stars visible in clear patches. Atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price—low haze clings to the ground, the industrial steam merges with lingering mist. Spring vegetation: fresh bright-green grass and budding deciduous trees at 13°C, lit only by sodium-orange streetlights along a road in the foreground and the amber-white industrial lighting of the power stations. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the dark distance toward the borders, symbolizing imports. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich dark tones, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the black sky, atmospheric depth with mist layers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.