Strong overnight wind provides 58% of generation, but thermal baseload and net imports of 2 GW are needed to meet demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 48%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 16%
70%
Renewable share
25.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.8 GW
Total generation
2.0 GW
Net import
114.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.9°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
78.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
209
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 21.2 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling central German hills into the deep distance; brown coal 7.0 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by amber industrial lights; wind offshore 4.3 GW appears as a row of larger turbines on the far-right horizon, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky; natural gas 4.2 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant in the centre-left middle ground with slim exhaust stacks and a faint heat shimmer; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a modest wood-clad power station with a low smokestack and stacked timber beside it, positioned left of centre; hard coal 1.8 GW is a smaller coal plant with a single large chimney and conveyor belt, nestled between the brown coal complex and the biomass facility; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam with spillway visible in a valley in the lower-left foreground. TIME AND LIGHTING: 1 AM deep summer night — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight glow whatsoever, no moon visible through 78% cloud cover; all illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights along a road, the amber glow of industrial facility lights reflecting off cooling tower steam, and red blinking lights atop wind turbines. ATMOSPHERE: heavy, oppressive cloud ceiling pressing low, reflecting the elevated electricity price; warm summer air suggested by lush green vegetation in foreground barely visible under artificial light; moderate wind animates grass and turbine blades show motion blur. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, moody colour palette of deep indigo, charcoal grey, warm amber and burnt sienna; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of receding turbines fading into hazy darkness; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and gas plant stack; the scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness married to industrial precision. No text, no labels.