Wind leads at 11.6 GW but 12.4 GW net imports are needed as midnight demand outpaces domestic generation.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 33%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 20%
58%
Renewable share
11.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.5 GW
Total generation
12.4 GW
Net import
137.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.7°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
291
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.3 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling summer hills, rotors turning in moderate breeze; wind offshore 2.3 GW appears at the far right horizon as a cluster of turbines silhouetted against the dark sea. Brown coal 5.7 GW occupies the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights. Natural gas 4.1 GW sits left of centre as a pair of compact CCGT plants with single tall exhaust stacks venting thin hot plumes, lit by facility floodlights. Biomass 3.8 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall cylindrical smokestack and wood-chip storage domes, warmly lit. Hard coal 2.1 GW shows as a smaller power station with a rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts, glowing under amber lights. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete dam structure visible near a river in the middle distance, with spillway lights reflecting on dark water. The scene is set at midnight: the sky is completely black with scattered stars visible through perfectly clear air — zero cloud cover. No twilight, no sky glow, no moon — only artificial lighting from the industrial facilities casts pools of sodium-orange and white light. Lush dark-green summer vegetation on the hillsides is barely visible in the ambient glow. The warm 21.7°C summer night air creates slight heat shimmer above the cooling towers. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price — a sense of strain and tension in the industrial landscape. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich dark tones, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between the inky sky and the glowing industrial fires below. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with realistic steam physics, CCGT exhaust stacks with heat distortion. No text, no labels.