Lignite and onshore wind each supply 11.4 GW at midnight; tight margins and thermal dispatch push prices to 183.5 EUR/MWh.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 27%
45%
Renewable share
14.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.4 GW
Total generation
2.9 GW
Net import
183.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.2°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
97.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
386
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.4 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; onshore wind 11.4 GW fills the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness, rotors turning at moderate speed; natural gas 7.5 GW occupies the centre-right as several compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by bright industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.5 GW appears centre-left as a large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a single broad chimney trailing faint smoke; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with wood-chip storage domes and a modest stack, positioned in the middle distance; offshore wind 2.7 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a faint line of blinking red lights over a dark sea; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the far background. The sky is completely black with 97% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a dense, oppressive overcast pressing down on the scene. Autumn vegetation: dark silhouettes of deciduous trees with thinning leaves at 13°C. The atmosphere is heavy and hazy, conveying the high electricity price through an almost suffocating industrial density. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of burnt umber, Prussian blue, warm sodium-orange, and coal-grey; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with fog and industrial haze layering the distances; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.