Wind onshore (22.2 GW) and residual solar metering dominate a 93%-renewable grid with elevated pricing at nightfall.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 54%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 1%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
93%
Renewable share
23.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
38.8 GW
Solar
72.0 GW
Total generation
+72.0 GW
Net export
189.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.8°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
52
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 22.2 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind, stretching across rolling green farmland into the deep distance. Solar 38.8 GW appears as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, but they sit dark and inert, reflecting no sunlight — only the faint amber glow of distant sodium streetlights. Brown coal 3.4 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes that merge into the overcast sky, with conveyor belts and coal bunkers visible at their base. Biomass 3.5 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical digester dome and a short exhaust stack emitting thin pale vapor, positioned left of centre. Wind offshore 1.4 GW is glimpsed at the far-right horizon as a faint row of turbine silhouettes suggesting a distant coast. Hard coal 0.8 GW shows as a single smaller power station with a rectangular boiler house and a tall square chimney, slightly lit by industrial floodlights, tucked behind the cooling towers. Natural gas 0.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT unit with a single slender exhaust stack and a small visible heat-recovery steam generator, near the hard coal plant. Hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir glinting faintly in the mid-left foreground. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sunset glow — it is 20:00 in late August, fully nighttime. 100% cloud cover means no stars or moon are visible, just an oppressive, heavy, featureless dark overcast pressing down. The atmosphere feels dense and weighty, reflecting the high 189.1 EUR/MWh price. Temperature is mild at 17.8°C; late-summer vegetation is lush and green but barely visible in the darkness, illuminated only by amber and white industrial lighting from the power plants and a few scattered farmhouse windows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette of indigo, charcoal, amber, and ivory; visible textured brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with chiaroscuro lighting from industrial sources against the dark sky. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, PV panel frames, cooling tower geometry, and exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.