Strong onshore wind dominates at 27.5 GW with thermal plants providing 11.4 GW to cover a slight net import gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 54%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 0%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 8%
78%
Renewable share
33.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.7 GW
Total generation
1.6 GW
Net import
126.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.6°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
45.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
153
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 27.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the deep distance, rotors spinning visibly in steady wind; wind offshore 5.8 GW appears on the far right horizon as a cluster of offshore turbines barely visible against the black sea line, marked by blinking red aviation lights; natural gas 4.2 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power plants with slim exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; biomass 4.2 GW sits beside them as a modest wood-chip facility with a low smokestack and illuminated storage silos; brown coal 4.0 GW fills the left foreground as two large hyperbolic cooling towers with faint steam plumes drifting upward, lit from below by amber facility lights; hard coal 3.2 GW appears as a single large coal plant with conveyor belts and a tall chimney, glowing warmly in industrial light; hydro 1.9 GW is represented by a small dam structure in the lower left with water gleaming under floodlights. The sky is completely dark — deep navy to black, no twilight, no sky glow — a true 10 PM midsummer night. Scattered stars peek through 45% broken cloud cover. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a subtle haze hangs in the air around the thermal plants. Summer vegetation is lush green on the hillsides, barely visible in the darkness except where caught by artificial light. The wind turbine warning lights create rhythmic red pulses across the landscape. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette dominated by blacks, deep blues, warm ambers, and industrial oranges — visible expressive brushwork, masterful atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagining an industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.