Wind leads at 19.9 GW with strong coal and gas backup; tight supply-demand balance keeps overnight prices elevated.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 16%
60%
Renewable share
19.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.9 GW
Total generation
0.1 GW
Net import
145.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.9°C / 1 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
281
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.8 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling northern German farmland, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky; wind offshore 3.1 GW appears at the far right horizon as a faint line of turbine lights on a dark sea. Brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting heavy white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights, with conveyor belts of lignite visible. Natural gas 5.0 GW fills the center-left as two compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, their facades illuminated by harsh facility lighting. Hard coal 4.8 GW sits adjacent as a large industrial complex with stockpile mountains and a single square chimney emitting grey smoke caught in floodlights. Biomass 3.6 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed facility with a glowing furnace visible through open bay doors. Hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam structure in the mid-ground with water glinting under lamplight. The sky is completely black and cloudless, filled with crisp summer stars and a faint Milky Way — absolutely no twilight or sky glow on the horizon. The air is mild at 13.9°C with lush August vegetation — full-leafed oaks and hedgerows in the foreground, barely visible in the darkness. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price — a faint industrial haze clings low to the ground, trapping the orange glow of sodium streetlights along a road in the foreground. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep blues, blacks, and warm industrial oranges, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.