Strong overnight wind at 27.8 GW dominates, supported by 7.4 GW brown coal, with near-balanced supply at 44.9 GW.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 51%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 0%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 16%
73%
Renewable share
27.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
44.9 GW
Total generation
0.3 GW
Net import
98.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.5°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
42.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
192
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 22.7 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 dark rolling hills, rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind. Wind offshore 5.1 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly reflective river or waterway. Brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights. Natural gas 3.1 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a smaller vapour plume, its metal surfaces catching amber lamplight. Hard coal 1.4 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular boiler house and chimney stack adjacent to the gas facility. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip silo and modest stack near the centre. Hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway in a valley in the middle distance. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-to-black, no twilight, no dawn glow — it is 4 AM in summer. Stars are partially obscured by 42% cloud cover rendered as dark grey cumulus masses drifting across the firmament. The warm July night at 17.5 °C is conveyed through lush green vegetation faintly visible under industrial lighting, full-leafed deciduous trees lining field edges. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a faint industrial haze hangs in the air, sodium streetlights cast orange pools on roads between facilities. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, burnt umber, and amber; visible impasto brushwork; deep atmospheric perspective. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with anemometers, lattice transmission towers with sagging cables, hyperbolic cooling tower concrete textures, CCGT exhaust diffusers. The scene evokes a masterwork nocturnal industrial landscape. No text, no labels.