Wind leads at 15.8 GW overnight, but 9.4 GW net imports and thermal generation cover a 43.6 GW demand at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 33%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 17%
62%
Renewable share
15.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.2 GW
Total generation
9.4 GW
Net import
145.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.8°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
2.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
263
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers stretching across rolling mid-German hills, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; wind offshore 4.7 GW appears in the far-right background as a distant cluster of offshore turbines barely visible on a dark horizon line above a sliver of sea. Brown coal 5.9 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium floodlights, adjacent open-pit mine suggested by terraced earth. Natural gas 4.7 GW fills the center-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall slim exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls, small heat-shimmer plumes rising. Biomass 4.0 GW appears center-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed storage silo and a single stack emitting thin grey smoke, warm interior light spilling from loading bays. Hard coal 2.4 GW sits to the far left as a smaller power station with a rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts, and a single squat cooling tower with modest steam. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam structure nestled in a valley in the mid-background with water cascading over spillways, faintly lit. Time is midnight: completely dark sky, deep navy-black, a few bright stars visible through 2% cloud cover, no twilight, no sky glow, only artificial sodium-orange and white industrial lighting illuminating the facilities. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying elevated energy prices — a subtle haze clings low to the ground, the air feels dense. Summer vegetation: full green deciduous trees and tall grass rendered in dark tones under artificial light. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep blues, warm amber industrial glows, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between the lit industrial complexes and the vast dark landscape, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.