Strong onshore wind drives 79.8% renewables at 4 AM, producing 11.7 GW net exports with coal baseload persisting.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 59%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 12%
80%
Renewable share
32.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
47.9 GW
Total generation
+11.7 GW
Net export
69.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.3°C / 25 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
154
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 28.5 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills from the centre to the far right, their rotors spinning vigorously in strong wind; brown coal 5.7 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber industrial sodium lamps; hard coal 2.8 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single tall chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure just left of centre; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip combustion plant with a squat smokestack and glowing furnace visible through open grating; offshore wind 4.1 GW is suggested on the distant horizon as a line of turbines silhouetted against the dark sea; natural gas 1.1 GW appears as a compact single-stack CCGT unit tucked beside the coal plant with a modest heat shimmer; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at the far right edge. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon — a fully nocturnal summer scene at 4 AM. Overcast clouds at 100% cover are faintly visible only where industrial light catches their undersides in dull orange-grey tones. The air feels warm and humid at 18°C, with late-summer vegetation — thick dark grass, leafy deciduous trees — rendered in deep shadow. The atmosphere is moderately heavy and close, reflecting a 69.4 EUR/MWh price, with low haze around the cooling towers. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light and enveloping darkness, Caspar David Friedrich's compositional grandeur applied to industrial infrastructure — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and conveyor structure. No text, no labels.