Strong wind and persistent coal and gas thermal generation produce a small net export under elevated evening prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 19%
58%
Renewable share
23.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.9 GW
Total generation
+2.5 GW
Net export
172.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.0°C / 4 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
291
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.5 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers, their concrete forms illuminated by sodium-orange industrial floodlights, thick white steam plumes rising and merging into the overcast night sky. Natural gas 7.7 GW occupies the center-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks, gas flares casting a faint blue-orange glow on surrounding pipes and steel structures. Wind onshore 18.5 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking rhythmically across rolling hills, blades turning at moderate speed. Wind offshore 5.1 GW appears as a distant line of turbines on the far-right horizon, their warning lights reflected faintly in dark water. Hard coal 4.3 GW sits center-right as a single large power station with rectangular cooling towers and a tall chimney, lit by white security lights. Biomass 4.4 GW appears as a modest industrial facility with a rounded silo and short smokestack, warmly lit from within. Hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the mid-ground with water glinting under floodlight. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars, no twilight or sky glow — a heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling reflecting the faintest orange tinge from the industrial lights below, conveying the weight of 172 EUR/MWh pricing. The landscape is late-summer central German terrain with dark green deciduous trees barely visible in the industrial light, temperature a mild 17°C suggested by no frost and lush foliage. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light and deep shadow, atmospheric depth receding into the clouded night, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.