Brown coal, wind, and anomalous solar dominate midnight generation amid 16.5 GW net exports and elevated pricing.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 37%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 19%
63%
Renewable share
11.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
22.7 GW
Solar
61.6 GW
Total generation
+16.5 GW
Net export
150.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.4°C / 22 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
44.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
267
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; solar 22.7 GW is rendered as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the centre-right of the composition, but they sit inert and dark, reflecting only faint industrial light — no sunlight whatsoever; wind onshore 10.3 GW appears as a long ridge of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across the right third, their rotors turning steadily in moderate wind, red aviation warning lights blinking at nacelle height; wind offshore 1.1 GW is a distant cluster of turbines barely visible on a far dark horizon; natural gas 6.5 GW sits centre-left as compact CCGT units with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by facility floodlights; hard coal 4.7 GW is a smaller conventional power station with a single large stack and conveyor belts, glowing under amber lights beside a coal heap; biomass 3.6 GW appears as a modest wood-clad industrial building with a short chimney releasing pale smoke; hydro 0.9 GW is a small concrete dam structure in the far background with water catching reflected light. The sky is completely black — deep navy at best — no twilight, no glow on the horizon, a warm September midnight with scattered stars barely visible through 44 percent cloud cover. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Gentle late-summer vegetation — green deciduous trees with leaves just beginning to hint at early autumn — frames the foreground. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters, rich colour palette dominated by deep blacks, warm amber industrial light, and cool steel blues, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling towers, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV panel frame, and cooling tower contour. No text, no labels.