Strong onshore wind dominates midnight generation at 73.7% renewables, with 3.1 GW net export despite elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 52%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 13%
74%
Renewable share
31.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
49.7 GW
Total generation
+3.1 GW
Net export
114.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.6°C / 17 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
186
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 25.9 GW dominates the scene, filling the right half and extending into the centre as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across dark rolling hills, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 5.4 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a barely visible dark sea on the horizon, their red lights dotting the distance; brown coal 6.5 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; hard coal 2.6 GW sits just right of the cooling towers as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single tall stack and conveyor belts, dimly illuminated; natural gas 3.9 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks and a glowing control building between the coal plants and the wind turbines; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed digester and short stack with faint steam, lit by warm yellow lights, nestled among the turbines; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway in the lower-left corner, subtle floodlights reflecting off dark water. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no glow on the horizon—a deep starless night under 99% cloud cover, the overcast layer faintly catching the orange industrial glow from below, creating a heavy, oppressive, low ceiling. The air feels warm and humid at 18.6°C; summer foliage on scattered deciduous trees is lush and dark green, barely visible in the artificial light. Wind visibly animates the scene: turbine blades in motion blur, steam plumes shearing sideways from the cooling towers, grass bending. The elevated electricity price is evoked through a thick, brooding, weighty atmosphere pressing down on the landscape. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime—rich deep colour palette of navy, charcoal, amber, and rust, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the steam and clouds, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.