Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation while 12.5 GW of net imports cover strong summer-night demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 20%
62%
Renewable share
13.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.7 GW
Total generation
12.4 GW
Net import
124.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.1°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
98.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
274
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 10.9 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, blades caught mid-rotation in moderate wind, stretching across rolling hills into the deep background. Brown coal 6.1 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rectangular stack and warm amber-lit windows nestled behind the cooling towers. Natural gas 2.8 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a faint heat shimmer, placed between the coal complex and the wind turbines. Hard coal 2.4 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a pair of cylindrical chimneys and conveyor belts, adjacent to the brown coal complex on the far left. Wind offshore 2.3 GW is suggested by a distant row of turbines on the far horizon line. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure visible in the middle distance with water glinting under artificial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon visible, heavy 98% overcast obscuring all stars — a thick oppressive cloud ceiling pressed low, reflecting faint orange industrial glow from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and warm, 16°C summer night with lush dark-green deciduous trees and tall grass in the foreground barely visible. Sodium streetlights cast pools of amber on access roads winding between facilities. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines run across the scene connecting everything. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with industrial sublime grandeur. Meticulous engineering detail on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, and exhaust stacks. The mood is brooding, industrially majestic, heavy with the weight of expensive imported power. No text, no labels.