Wind and coal dominate midnight generation as elevated gas prices drive the day-ahead rate despite net exports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 21%
54%
Renewable share
19.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.5 GW
Total generation
+3.2 GW
Net export
164.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.5°C / 5 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
320
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.8 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lights illuminating the industrial complex; natural gas 7.4 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel facades gleaming under floodlights; hard coal 4.3 GW appears just right of centre as a pair of smaller conventional boiler houses with stockpiled coal visible in lit yards; wind onshore 14.6 GW spans the entire right half of the canvas as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers stretching into the distance across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the pitch-black sky, rotors visibly spinning in moderate breeze; wind offshore 4.8 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a line of turbines standing in a dark sea, tiny red lights marking their presence; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a single smokestack near the coal complex, warmly lit; hydro 1.4 GW is rendered as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the middle distance, water faintly reflecting the artificial lights. The sky is completely dark — no twilight, no moon, dense 100% cloud cover creating a heavy, oppressive ceiling that catches and diffuses the orange industrial glow from below, lending the atmosphere a brooding, pressured quality reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is a mild 16.5°C late summer night; vegetation is lush and dark green where visible in lamplight, with late-summer foliage on trees. Central German landscape of gentle hills and mixed farmland. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette dominated by deep navy, coal-black, and warm sodium-orange, with visible brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, and atmospheric depth. Every technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust geometries. No text, no labels.