Wind leads at 19.3 GW but coal and gas fill 18 GW as zero solar and tight supply drive 131 EUR/MWh prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 18%
58%
Renewable share
19.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.3 GW
Total generation
-6.9 GW
Net import
131.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.3°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
289
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and streamlined nacelles stretching across dark rolling farmland, blades turning slowly; brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.9 GW appears left of centre as a compact CCGT facility with tall slender exhaust stacks and a single smaller cooling tower, warm yellowish light spilling from its turbine hall windows; hard coal 4.5 GW sits beside the lignite plant as a traditional coal station with twin rectangular boiler houses and a tall brick chimney with red aviation warning lights; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial biogas plant with cylindrical digesters and a small green-lit stack; wind offshore 3.6 GW is suggested on the distant far-right horizon as faint rows of turbine lights over a dark flat expanse; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small dam structure in a valley in the mid-left distance with water gleaming faintly. TIME: 22:00 at night—completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 95% overcast obscuring all stars; the only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights along a country road in the foreground, the industrial glow of the power stations, and red blinking lights on turbine nacelles. Temperature 8°C in mid-May: fresh green deciduous foliage on scattered trees but a damp chill implied by mist clinging to low ground. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting high electricity prices—low dense clouds pressing down, thick humid air. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich dark palette of Prussian blue, lamp black, raw umber, and cadmium orange; visible impasto brushwork especially in the steam plumes and cloud layer; dramatic atmospheric depth with foreground detail fading into misty industrial middle ground; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack; the mood recalls Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnal works crossed with industrial sublime. No text, no labels.