Strong nighttime wind at 27 GW leads generation, but 18.3 GW of thermal backup keeps prices elevated at 158 EUR/MWh.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 15%
64%
Renewable share
27.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.9 GW
Total generation
1.1 GW
Net import
157.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.5°C / 20 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
250
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, rotors spinning visibly in strong wind; wind offshore 6.2 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a dark sea on the horizon; brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 6.1 GW sits in the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.5 GW appears behind the gas plant as a traditional coal station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and modest chimney, slightly right of centre; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam with spillway visible in the lower centre foreground near a river. TIME: 22:00 in July — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight glow, no sunset remnants, overcast at 100% so no stars or moon visible; the entire sky is a heavy, oppressive blanket of low cloud faintly reflecting the amber industrial glow from below. The atmosphere feels dense and warm at 17.5°C, summer foliage on trees in deep shadow, grass barely visible. Wind animates everything: steam plumes tear sideways from cooling towers, turbine blades are motion-blurred, tree canopies bend. The high electricity price is conveyed through a brooding, heavy atmosphere with thick humid air and an almost sulfurous amber cast from dozens of sodium streetlights and industrial lighting. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light and deep darkness, atmospheric depth with layers of haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, and CCGT stacks. No text, no labels.