Wind and brown coal lead nighttime generation as Germany imports 14.6 GW to meet warm-evening demand at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 23%
56%
Renewable share
12.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.0 GW
Total generation
14.6 GW
Net import
144.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.1°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
317
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.5 GW spans the right third of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning moderately on a summer night hillside; wind offshore 3.1 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea glimpsed between hills; brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes illuminated from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 4.1 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, lit by white industrial floodlights; hard coal 2.7 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller station with a single large smokestack and coal conveyors visible under spotlights; biomass 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a wood-chip-fed plant with a modest chimney and illuminated fuel storage silos; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure in the middle distance with water catching industrial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — a true 22:00 midsummer night with a scattering of stars barely visible through humid haze. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — warm moist air hangs over the landscape, steam from cooling towers spreading and merging into a low canopy. Lush green summer vegetation on rolling hills is visible only where artificial light falls. Foreground wildflowers and tall grass suggest 23°C warmth. Sodium-orange and cool-white industrial lighting casts dramatic contrasts. High-voltage transmission lines with red aviation warning lights stretch across the scene toward the horizon, symbolizing import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial realism — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.