Wind leads at 11.5 GW but 8.7 GW net imports needed as nighttime demand outpaces domestic generation.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 17%
62%
Renewable share
11.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.8 GW
Total generation
-8.7 GW
Net import
123.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.8°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
70% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
254
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 10.0 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling dark hills; wind offshore 1.5 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on a dark horizon line at far right. Brown coal 4.7 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with pale steam plumes rising into the night sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights within an industrial complex. Natural gas 4.7 GW sits centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by white floodlights. Biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a series of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small chimneys, warmly lit. Hydro 1.4 GW is rendered as a concrete dam structure in the middle distance with water cascading, caught by a single spotlight. Hard coal 1.2 GW is a smaller conventional power station with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belt, tucked behind the lignite complex at far left. The time is 23:00 in early May — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, scattered stars barely visible through 70% cloud cover that forms heavy grey masses overhead. The atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price — dense low clouds press down on the industrial landscape. Temperature is mild at 17.8°C; spring vegetation is lush green but visible only where artificial light spills onto grassy foregrounds and young-leafed trees. Ground-level wind is gentle, turbine blades turning at moderate speed. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, ochre, and charcoal, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the black sky, atmospheric depth with haze around distant turbines. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: lattice tower bases, aluminium nacelle housings, concrete cooling tower curves, steel exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.