Wind leads at 17.7 GW but ~11 GW net imports needed as solar is absent and thermal plants fill the evening gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 20%
56%
Renewable share
17.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.6 GW
Total generation
11.1 GW
Net import
159.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.8°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
302
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black overcast sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights at their bases; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the left-centre as three compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, each facility bathed in harsh industrial floodlighting; hard coal 3.4 GW appears centre-left as a smaller coal plant with a rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts visible under yellow work lights; wind onshore 14.4 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the pitch-black sky, blades slowly rotating in light wind; wind offshore 3.3 GW is suggested far right as a row of turbines on the distant horizon line over a dark implied sea, tiny red lights in a neat row; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a modest industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single stack, warmly lit; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam structure in the mid-ground with water faintly reflecting artificial light. The sky is completely dark, 22:00 nighttime, 100% cloud cover blocking all stars and moon, a deep oppressive charcoal-black overcast ceiling pressing down — no twilight, no sky glow, only sodium-orange and white industrial lighting illuminating the facilities from below. The air feels warm and heavy at 23.8°C, with lush green summer vegetation barely visible in the foreground lit by facility spill-light, deciduous trees in full leaf. The overall atmosphere is oppressive and heavy, reflecting the high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, charcoal, amber, and warm industrial orange — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling tower plumes, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.