Strong overnight wind (32.6 GW) drives 78% renewable share with 2.5 GW net export despite persistent thermal generation.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 54%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 8%
78%
Renewable share
32.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
49.6 GW
Total generation
+2.5 GW
Net export
91.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.8°C / 15 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
152
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 27.0 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across the right two-thirds of the composition, rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind across rolling central German hills; wind offshore 5.6 GW appears as distant turbines on a far horizon line barely visible through atmospheric haze; brown coal 4.1 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 3.1 GW sits beside them as a smaller power station with rectangular chimney stacks and conveyor belts; natural gas 3.8 GW appears as compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and clean metallic housings, positioned center-left; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and modest stack; hydro 1.9 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the middle distance near a river. The time is midnight — a completely black sky with no twilight, no glow on the horizon, deep navy-black atmosphere with scattered stars visible through perfectly clear skies (0% cloud cover). All facilities are lit only by artificial light: sodium-orange streetlamps, security floodlights on industrial structures, and the faint red aviation warning lights on wind turbine nacelles dotting the darkness. Summer vegetation — lush green grass and full deciduous trees — is barely visible in the artificial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting a high electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light pools and surrounding darkness, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into black distance — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.