Wind and lignite anchor domestic supply while 16.5 GW of net imports bridge a large evening generation gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 1%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
52%
Renewable share
14.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
40.4 GW
Total generation
-16.5 GW
Net import
156.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.4°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
326
gCOâ‚‚/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night; natural gas 6.9 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, lit by amber sodium floodlights; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a single large coal plant with conveyor belts and a tall chimney with aviation warning lights; wind onshore 10.3 GW spans the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, their red nacelle beacon lights blinking; wind offshore 4.3 GW is visible in the far right distance as a line of turbines on the horizon above a dark North Sea strip; biomass 4.6 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wooden-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack, warmly lit; hydro 1.8 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far centre; solar 0.3 GW is entirely absent from the scene — no panels visible. The sky is completely dark, a deep black-navy canopy, fully overcast with no stars or moon, no twilight glow whatsoever — it is 20:00 in May. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium-orange streetlights lining roads, white LED floodlights on plant structures, red aviation beacons atop turbines and chimneys, warm yellow light spilling from control-room windows. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down, catching the industrial light as a dull ochre haze. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass, budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the lamplight. Moderate wind bends the grass and moves the turbine blades at a steady pace. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into misty darkness — yet every engineering detail is meticulous: three-blade rotor geometry, aluminium nacelle housings, reinforced concrete cooling tower curves, gas turbine exhaust diffusers. A masterwork industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.