Wind and lignite anchor a 39.9 GW supply while 14.2 GW net imports bridge the gap to 54.1 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
52%
Renewable share
14.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.9 GW
Total generation
-14.2 GW
Net import
154.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.8°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
328
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 10.7 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind, arranged across dark rolling hills receding into atmospheric depth. Brown coal 8.3 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick pale steam plumes rising into the oppressive overcast, lit from below by orange sodium lamps of the plant complex. Natural gas 6.9 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes, turbine halls illuminated by industrial floodlights. Hard coal 3.9 GW appears behind the gas plant as a smaller coal station with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belt structure, glowing faintly. Biomass 4.5 GW is rendered centre-right as a wood-chip-fueled CHP plant with a modest stack and visible wood-chip storage mounds, warmly lit. Hydro 1.9 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the distant middle ground, spillway faintly visible. Wind offshore 3.8 GW is suggested by a line of turbines on the far horizon where land meets a barely visible dark sea. No solar panels anywhere — zero solar generation. Time is 21:00 in May: the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, 100% cloud cover erasing all stars. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price — low dense clouds press down, tinted orange-grey by the industrial light pollution from the coal and gas plants below. Temperature around 10°C: spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — visible only where floodlights catch them. The landscape is central German low hills. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, saturated colour with visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the blackness of the unlit countryside and the fierce industrial glow of power stations. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, CCGT exhaust stack, and conveyor structure. The mood is brooding, industrial sublime — humanity's machines burning against an indifferent darkness. No text, no labels.