Strong overnight onshore wind drives 78% renewables and 10.1 GW net export while thermal plants maintain baseload commitment.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 58%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 8%
78%
Renewable share
34.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
49.8 GW
Total generation
+10.1 GW
Net export
60.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.9°C / 12 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
148
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 28.7 GW dominates the scene, filling the right two-thirds of the composition as dozens of massive three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into deep darkness, red aviation lights blinking on each nacelle. Wind offshore 5.7 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines on a dark horizon line above a faintly visible sea. Brown coal 4.1 GW occupies the left foreground as two large hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Natural gas 4.2 GW sits left of centre as a compact CCGT plant with tall single exhaust stacks and a visible heat shimmer, lit by harsh white facility floodlights. Hard coal 2.6 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station beside the brown coal plant, with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belt infrastructure, illuminated by amber lights. Biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a modest industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and low smokestack near the centre-left, warm interior glow visible through windows. Hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small dam structure in the middle distance with a faint cascade of water catching reflected light. The sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow whatsoever — a deep navy-black overcast dome at 100% cloud cover, no stars visible. The season is early September with lush but darkened vegetation, grass and deciduous trees faintly visible in artificial light. Wind visibly animates the scene: turbine blades in motion blur, steam plumes shearing sideways from cooling towers, trees bending slightly. The atmosphere is moderately heavy and close, reflecting the 60 EUR/MWh price — not oppressive but weighty, with a humid industrial haze settling around the thermal plants. Absolutely no solar panels, no sunshine. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between industrial light and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with layers of turbines receding into the black distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and gas stack detail. No text, no labels.