Strong onshore wind at 25 GW dominates overnight generation while brown coal and hard coal maintain 11.4 GW of thermal baseload.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 50%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 4%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 15%
70%
Renewable share
27.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.1 GW
Solar
50.2 GW
Total generation
+50.2 GW
Net export
154.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.6°C / 19 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
8.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
215
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 25.0 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of massive three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lights of the plant complex; hard coal 4.0 GW appears as a coal-fired power station with tall chimneys and conveyor gantries just right of the cooling towers, smaller in visual area; natural gas 3.5 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single slender exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, positioned between the coal plants and the wind farm; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip silo and low smokestack emitting thin vapor, nestled among the turbines; wind offshore 2.8 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbine aviation warning lights blinking red on the far horizon; hydro 1.3 GW is a small run-of-river weir with white water visible at the bottom foreground. Solar 2.1 GW is negligible at night — no panels visible. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon, stars barely visible through 8% cloud cover — nearly clear but atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price. Early autumn: trees along the riverbank show the first hints of yellowing leaves, grass still green but dew-laden, temperature around 15°C conveyed by mist pooling in the valleys. Sodium-orange industrial lighting illuminates the power plants, red aviation lights blink atop every turbine nacelle, and the distant horizon glows faintly amber from nearby towns. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the vast dark sky, atmospheric depth with layers of mist, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.