Wind leads at 16.7 GW with brown coal at 6.0 GW, but 12.9 GW net imports are needed to meet late-night demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 18%
66%
Renewable share
16.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.9 GW
Total generation
12.9 GW
Net import
127.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.6°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
244
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.0 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling summer hills into the distance; brown coal 6.0 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station complex with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a squat smokestack and timber storage yard, positioned left of centre; natural gas 3.1 GW sits as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a low turbine hall, centre-left, warmly lit by floodlights; wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested by a cluster of turbines visible on the far horizon at right; hard coal 2.4 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a single cooling tower behind the gas facility; hydro 1.3 GW is rendered as a modest run-of-river station along a dark canal in the foreground. Time is 23:00 in July — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars fully obscured by 99% cloud cover creating an oppressive overcast ceiling. All structures are illuminated only by artificial light: sodium streetlamps casting amber pools, industrial floodlights on the power stations, red aviation warning lights blinking atop every turbine tower. The atmosphere feels heavy and close, reflecting the high 127.9 EUR/MWh price — humid summer air seems to press down on the landscape. Warm 17.6°C temperature means lush green vegetation on the hillsides, full-leafed deciduous trees, summer grasses — all barely visible in the industrial glow. Light wind at 7.2 km/h means the turbine blades turn slowly but steadily. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of deep blues, warm ambers, and cool greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagining an industrial nocturne — sublime, vast, and quietly powerful. No text, no labels.