Wind leads at 10.9 GW but large thermal fleet and 17 GW net imports cover evening demand under full overcast.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 21%
55%
Renewable share
12.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.4 GW
Solar
32.1 GW
Total generation
17.0 GW
Net import
185.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.4°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
324
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 10.9 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; brown coal 6.6 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 of an industrial complex; hard coal 4.3 GW appears just right of centre-left as a large coal-fired plant with tall rectangular stacks and conveyor belts, amber-lit windows glowing; natural gas 3.5 GW sits centre-frame as two compact CCGT blocks with single cylindrical exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a conical wood-chip silo and a modest smokestack, warmly lit; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam structure in the middle distance with water cascading, illuminated by floodlights; solar 0.4 GW is virtually absent — no panels visible. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black summer night with full 100% cloud cover, no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever — only artificial lighting defines the scene. The air feels warm and heavy at 25°C, with lush midsummer deciduous trees in full dark-green foliage barely visible at the edges. The atmosphere is oppressive and dense, reflecting the high 185 EUR/MWh price — low haze clings to the cooling tower bases, sodium-orange light pools on wet-looking roads. High-voltage transmission pylons march into the distant darkness, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial light against total darkness, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and gas-turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.