Wind leads at 18 GW but 4 GW net imports and heavy coal and gas dispatch drive a high overnight price.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 18%
63%
Renewable share
17.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.0 GW
Total generation
-4.0 GW
Net import
117.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.7°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
259
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.0 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, rotors slowly turning, stretching across rolling dark hills into the distance. Wind offshore 4.0 GW appears as a line of larger turbines on the far-right horizon, silhouetted above a faintly reflective strip of sea. Brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights. Natural gas 4.3 GW sits left-of-centre as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack trailing a thin heat shimmer, its blocky turbine hall illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights. Hard coal 2.6 GW appears as a smaller conventional coal plant beside the lignite station, with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belt structure. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and low stack emitting faint vapour, warm interior glow visible through high windows. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam structure in a valley at the far centre-left, with minimal visible flow. TIME: midnight, completely dark sky — deep navy to black, no moon visible, total overcast cloud layer faintly discernible. No twilight, no sky glow whatsoever. All light is artificial: orange-sodium streetlamps line a small road in the foreground, industrial floodlights wash the power plants in harsh white and amber, cooling tower steam catches the upward-thrown orange glow. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, humid — clouds sit low, pressing down on the scene, reflecting scattered industrial light in a sickly amber haze. Temperature is mild spring — lush green grass and leafy deciduous trees visible only where caught in lamplight. Wind turbine aviation warning lights blink red along the ridge. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, moody palette of deep indigo, burnt umber, and amber; visible thick brushwork in the cloud layer and steam plumes; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack; atmospheric depth achieved through layered industrial haze receding into blackness. No text, no labels.