Wind onshore and brown coal dominate overnight generation as net imports of 4.3 GW bridge the consumption gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 25%
61%
Renewable share
14.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.7 GW
Total generation
4.3 GW
Net import
134.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.1°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
296
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling dark fields, their red aviation warning lights blinking; brown coal 7.8 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; hard coal 2.3 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired power station with a single tall chimney and conveyor infrastructure, positioned center-left; natural gas 2.0 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single sleek exhaust stack and a modest steam plume, tucked between the coal facilities; biomass 3.6 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial building with a wood-chip storage dome and a gently glowing smokestack near the center; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway at the far left edge near a river; wind offshore 1.1 GW is hinted at by a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon over a barely visible sea line. The time is 4:00 AM in August: the sky is completely black, a deep velvet navy-black with no twilight glow whatsoever, stars faintly visible through perfectly clear skies with zero cloud cover. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting a high electricity price — a subtle haze of industrial steam and warm exhaust hangs low over the facilities. Temperature is mild at 13°C, summer vegetation is lush but rendered in dark silhouettes — tall grasses, deciduous trees in full leaf. Ground-level air is still, no motion blur on vegetation. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights casting amber pools, floodlights on cooling towers, blinking red lights on turbine nacelles, glowing control-room windows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime scale merged with industrial realism — rich deep color palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze receding into darkness. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium service platforms on cooling towers, piping on CCGT units. No text, no labels.