Wind leads at 17.8 GW but heavy thermal dispatch and 11.3 GW net imports fill a large evening demand gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 18%
57%
Renewable share
17.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.1 GW
Total generation
-11.3 GW
Net import
142.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.9°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
97% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
300
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.2 GW dominates the right third of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, their blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 3.6 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark river. Brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lamps. Natural gas 5.9 GW fills the left-centre as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, surrounded by pipework and security fencing glowing under floodlights. Hard coal 4.6 GW sits adjacent as a hulking boiler house with conveyor belts and a single broad chimney trailing dark smoke. Biomass 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with wood-chip silos and a modest stack emitting pale vapour. Hydro 1.6 GW is a small dam structure nestled in a valley in the middle distance, water glinting faintly under artificial light. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-black, 97% cloud cover blocking all stars, no twilight glow whatsoever; it is 21:00 in May. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price. Temperature is a cool 8.9°C; spring vegetation on the hills is fresh green but barely visible in the darkness, lit only by the amber and white industrial lights of the power plants. The overall mood is brooding and industrial. No solar panels anywhere. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of deep blues, blacks, ochres, and warm ambers — with visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze from the steam plumes, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack, evoking Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime. No text, no labels.