Onshore wind leads at 15 GW but 14.4 GW net imports are needed, pushing the night price to 140 EUR/MWh.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 44%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 16%
68%
Renewable share
17.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.6 GW
Total generation
14.5 GW
Net import
139.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.9°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
96.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
226
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.1 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into deep darkness, rotors turning slowly in light wind; brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial plant with a tall rectangular stack and warm amber-lit buildings and wood-chip storage; natural gas 3.0 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat haze, lit by white industrial floodlights; hard coal 2.4 GW is rendered as a single large power station with a prominent chimney and conveyor belts, illuminated by harsh yellow site lighting; wind offshore 2.8 GW is visible in the far background as a line of turbines on the distant horizon with tiny red aviation warning lights; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure on a river in the middle distance with faint blue security lights. The sky is completely dark, a deep black-navy canopy with no twilight, no moon visible, heavy 96% cloud cover blotting out any stars, creating a low oppressive ceiling reflecting the industrial glow below in hazy orange and grey tones — suggesting the high electricity price. The season is midsummer: lush dark-green deciduous trees and tall grass visible where floodlights catch them, temperature mild at 18°C. The atmosphere is heavy, humid, and still. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of Prussian blue, burnt sienna, and lamp black — with visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the engulfing night, meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.