Midnight grid balances strong wind and heavy lignite baseload, with net imports covering a 3.6 GW shortfall.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 28%
46%
Renewable share
14.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.1 GW
Total generation
3.6 GW
Net import
176.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.9°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
2.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
380
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.6 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 night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps along rail sidings stacked with lignite; wind onshore 11.9 GW spans the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across dark rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in staggered rhythm; natural gas 6.8 GW appears centre-left as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine plant with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.2 GW sits centre-right as a conventional coal station with a single large chimney and conveyor belts, glowing under amber site lighting; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a squat stack and steam wisps near the centre foreground; wind offshore 2.6 GW is suggested by a distant line of turbines on the far-right horizon above a barely visible dark sea; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam spillway at the far left foreground with white water catching lamplight. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no glow on the horizon — a deep-navy-to-black dome studded with faint stars visible through a nearly cloudless 2% cover. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite clear skies, conveying high electricity prices: a faint industrial haze hangs low, tinged amber by the sodium lighting. Late-summer vegetation — dark green deciduous trees with leaves just beginning to hint at autumn edges — frames the lower foreground. Gentle but steady wind animates the turbine blades and bends tall grasses. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnes — yet every engineering element is rendered with meticulous technical accuracy: three-blade rotor hubs, nacelle housings, aluminium cooling tower ribs, CCGT intake ducts. No text, no labels.