Wind leads at 18.5 GW but 12.2 GW net imports are needed as nighttime demand outpaces domestic generation.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 15%
65%
Renewable share
18.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.2 GW
Total generation
-12.2 GW
Net import
118.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.1°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
5% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
234
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.3 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 4.2 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines visible on a dark horizon line beyond a river; brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with ghostly white steam plumes rising into the night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 5.3 GW sits center-left as a compact CCGT power station with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin plumes, its metal surfaces gleaming under floodlights; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall chimney and stacked timber logs in the foreground, warmly lit; hard coal 2.1 GW is a smaller power station with a single large smokestack behind the biomass plant; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a low concrete dam with spillway at the bottom-left edge, water reflecting artificial light. TIME: 22:00 in late April — completely dark sky, no twilight whatsoever, deep navy-black firmament with scattered bright stars visible through 5% cloud cover. A waning spring moon casts faint silver on the landscape. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a thick humid haze hangs at ground level, blurring distant lights. Temperature 12°C: fresh spring vegetation on hillsides, new green leaves on scattered birch and beech trees barely visible in artificial light. Low ground-level wind: turbine blades turning slowly but visibly. The scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, luminous color contrasts between warm industrial sodium light and cool moonlit darkness, visible expressive brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective receding into darkness. Each energy technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, hyperbolic cooling tower geometry with condensation plumes, CCGT exhaust stacks with heat shimmer. The composition evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness meeting industrial grandeur. No text, no labels.