Strong onshore wind and persistent lignite baseload drive 7.6 GW net exports on a warm, overcast August night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 47%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 16%
66%
Renewable share
26.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
47.6 GW
Total generation
+7.6 GW
Net export
138.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.6°C / 2 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
243
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 22.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers receding into deep atmospheric perspective across rolling central German farmland; brown coal 7.8 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of four massive hyperbolic cooling towers with luminous white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 4.4 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks glowing faintly in the centre-left; hard coal 4.0 GW sits adjacent as a blocky power station with a single large chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure; wind offshore 3.8 GW is suggested by distant turbines on the far-right horizon; biomass 3.8 GW is a small wood-chip-fed plant with a modest smokestack near the coal complex; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam and powerhouse barely visible in a valley at lower left. Time is 02:00 at night: the sky is completely black to deep navy, 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever. The only illumination comes from sodium streetlights casting amber pools along access roads, floodlit industrial facilities with harsh white security lighting on the coal and gas plants, and faint red aviation warning lights blinking atop every wind turbine nacelle stretching to the horizon. The warm 21.6°C summer air is rendered through lush green deciduous foliage barely visible at the edges of light pools. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 138.2 EUR/MWh price — thick humid haze diffuses all artificial light into amber halos. Wind turbine blades are nearly still despite onshore generation, capturing high-altitude winds invisible at ground level. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, rich dark palette of deep blues, blacks, warm ambers and cool whites, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between industrial illumination and surrounding darkness, meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, and plant infrastructure. No text, no labels.