Wind leads at 18 GW with 13.6 GW brown-and-hard coal baseload; elevated overnight price despite slight net export.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 22%
54%
Renewable share
18.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.9 GW
Total generation
+1.4 GW
Net export
151.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.9°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
95.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
322
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 13.6 GW dominates the right half of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, rotors visibly turning; wind offshore 4.4 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a dark sea visible on the horizon; brown coal 9.3 GW occupies the left third as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 4.3 GW sits just right of centre-left as a coal-fired power station with twin stacks and conveyor belt silhouettes; natural gas 6.0 GW fills the centre as a compact CCGT plant with slender exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a rounded silo and a modest chimney glowing faintly; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure in the left foreground with water spilling under dim lamplight. Time is 02:00 at night: the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 95% cloud cover obscuring all stars — an oppressive, low overcast ceiling pressing down on the scene reflecting the high electricity price. The only light sources are sodium-orange and white industrial lamps illuminating the power stations, the cooling tower plumes glowing warmly from beneath, and faint red aviation warning lights blinking atop wind turbine nacelles receding into the distance. Late-summer vegetation is lush but invisible in the darkness except where industrial light catches nearby trees. The atmosphere is heavy, humid, warm at 16°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, dark palette dominated by deep blues, blacks, and warm industrial oranges, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth with mist and steam merging into the low clouds, meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic concrete forms, CCGT exhaust geometry, and coal conveyor structures. The scene conveys the sublime tension between industrial might and the invisible wind powering half the darkness. No text, no labels.