Strong overnight wind (24.9 GW) and persistent lignite baseload (9.1 GW) drive 6 GW net exports at an unusually high price.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 19%
62%
Renewable share
24.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
48.8 GW
Total generation
+6.1 GW
Net export
148.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
2.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
264
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.1 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 night sky, their concrete forms lit by orange sodium lamps at the base; natural gas 6.5 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, warmly lit by industrial floodlights; wind onshore 19.4 GW fills the entire right half and extends across rolling hills into the deep background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in rhythm, blades visibly turning in the moderate wind; wind offshore 5.5 GW is suggested by a distant row of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly gleaming body of water; hard coal 3.0 GW sits between the lignite and gas plants as a rectangular power station with a single large chimney and conveyor infrastructure, dimly lit; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single modest stack, set among trees at centre-right; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam structure visible in a valley at far left, water glinting under facility lights. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — with a brilliant canopy of stars visible through a nearly cloudless 2% cover. The August landscape shows full green deciduous foliage on trees and lush grass, faintly visible under the amber glow of scattered sodium streetlights along a road threading through the scene. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, with a subtle haze hanging over the industrial facilities to reflect the high electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light pools and surrounding darkness; atmospheric depth with distant turbines fading into the night. Meticulous engineering detail on each technology: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic curves with condensation plumes, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.