Wind and coal anchor domestic generation as Germany imports over 20 GW to meet high evening demand under overcast skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 18%
49%
Renewable share
11.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
33.7 GW
Total generation
20.5 GW
Net import
209.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.1°C / 13 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
341
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 8.7 GW dominates the right third of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, rotors turning in moderate wind. Brown coal 6.0 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness, lit from below by orange sodium lights of the plant complex. Natural gas 6.8 GW fills the left-centre as a row of compact CCGT power stations with slim exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel structures illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights. Hard coal 4.3 GW appears centre-left as a large conventional power station with a single tall chimney and coal conveyors, glowing under amber work lights. Biomass 4.1 GW is represented centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a woodchip storage dome and a modest smokestack, warmly lit. Wind offshore 2.3 GW appears in the distant far right as a faint line of turbine aviation warning lights blinking red on the dark horizon, suggesting a North Sea wind farm. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam and penstock structure nestled in a valley in the mid-right, water glinting faintly under a single floodlight. Solar 0.2 GW is effectively absent—no panels visible, no sunlight. Time is 20:00 in August: the sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, 100% cloud cover so no stars or moon are visible, creating a heavy oppressive ceiling. The only light comes from artificial sources—sodium streetlamps casting orange pools along roads, industrial floodlights on plant structures, red aviation beacons atop turbine nacelles and smokestacks. The landscape is lush late-summer German countryside with dark green deciduous trees and fields barely visible in the ambient industrial glow. Temperature is mild at 18°C; the air feels humid and close. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme 209 EUR/MWh price—a brooding industrial tableau. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with steel lattice pylons cross the scene diagonally, cables sagging with heavy current flow, suggesting massive imports. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, but depicting an industrial nocturne—rich dark tones of umber, Prussian blue, and cadmium orange, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze around cooling tower plumes, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and gas turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.