Wind and coal-gas thermal generation supply 33 GW domestically; 18 GW net imports fill a nighttime gap at high prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 18%
49%
Renewable share
10.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.3 GW
Total generation
18.2 GW
Net import
197.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.7°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
90.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
345
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 8.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade wind turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the blackness; wind offshore 2.0 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon, tiny red lights above an invisible sea; brown coal 6.0 GW occupies the left foreground as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; hard coal 4.7 GW sits just right of the brown coal as a cluster of smaller stacks and conveyors, glowing embers visible in coal yards; natural gas 6.3 GW fills the left-centre as compact CCGT power blocks with single tall exhaust stacks, clean white illumination from facility floodlights; biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a modest industrial plant with a squat chimney and wood-chip storage dome lit by warm floodlights; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure in the centre background with water glinting under a single spotlight. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow whatsoever — a 22:00 summer night under 90% cloud cover creating a low oppressive ceiling that traps and reflects the industrial light in a sickly amber haze. No solar panels anywhere. The atmosphere is heavy and humid at 15.7°C, with lush mid-August vegetation — tall grasses, full-canopy deciduous trees — visible only where artificial light catches them. The high 197.7 EUR/MWh price is evoked by an oppressive, weighty atmosphere pressing down on the scene. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between pitch-dark sky and sodium-lit industrial complexes, atmospheric depth with mist and steam merging into the clouded night, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.