Strong nighttime wind covers most demand, but 7.8 GW net imports and thermal plants fill the gap at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 46%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 15%
70%
Renewable share
25.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
44.9 GW
Total generation
7.8 GW
Net import
147.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.9°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
24.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
209
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling farmland into the far distance, blades spinning in moderate wind. Brown coal 6.9 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 of an industrial complex. Natural gas 5.3 GW appears as a pair of modern combined-cycle gas turbine plants just left of centre, compact rectangular structures with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, warmly lit by facility floodlights. Wind offshore 5.1 GW is visible on the far right horizon as a row of turbines standing in a dark sea, marked by red aviation warning lights blinking. Biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial biogas facility with cylindrical digesters and a small smokestack, lit by white security lighting. Hard coal 1.5 GW is a single modest power station with a rectangular stack near the brown coal complex. Hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small illuminated dam structure in a valley at far left. The sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow, a clear summer night with 24% cloud cover showing scattered thin clouds and visible stars between them. A waning moon casts faint silver light on the landscape. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear patches, conveying the tension of high electricity prices. Lush midsummer vegetation—tall grasses, leafy deciduous trees—is barely visible in the artificial light. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art, with rich dark palette, dramatic chiaroscuro between industrial illumination and surrounding darkness, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze around the cooling tower plumes, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.