Wind and thermal plants dominate nighttime generation; anomalous solar reading at 41 GW contradicts zero irradiance at 22:00.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 46%
Biomass 4%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 9%
78%
Renewable share
23.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
41.1 GW
Solar
89.1 GW
Total generation
+89.1 GW
Net export
199.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.4°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
14.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
153
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers receding across rolling dark hills; wind offshore 3.5 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on a dark horizon line over the sea at far right. Brown coal 8.4 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps of an industrial complex. Natural gas 6.5 GW sits left-center as a pair of compact CCGT units with slim exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, warmly lit by facility lighting. Hard coal 4.7 GW appears as a smaller power station with a single wide chimney and conveyor belt structures just behind the gas plant. Biomass 3.5 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a low rectangular building and single smokestack at center. Hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam with spillway visible in a valley at center-right. No solar panels anywhere — no sun, no panels. The sky is completely black with scattered stars visible through 14% cloud cover; thin wisps of cloud catch faint industrial glow. The landscape is early-autumn German countryside — still-green deciduous trees beginning to show first hints of yellowing, grass fields dark under starlight. Temperature is mild at 16°C, no frost, no haze. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: the air feels thick, the steam plumes dense and looming, the sodium lights casting harsh orange pools against deep shadow. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the industrial glow and the vast dark sky, atmospheric depth with layers of turbines fading into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.