Wind and brown coal dominate overnight generation as net imports of 4.7 GW sustain elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 28%
51%
Renewable share
14.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.0 GW
Total generation
4.7 GW
Net import
165.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.5°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
357
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.6 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white-grey steam plumes into the black night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; wind onshore 11.7 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling farmland, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, blades slowly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.0 GW appears in the far right distance as a cluster of turbines on the horizon line above a dark sea, nacelle lights faintly visible; natural gas 4.0 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT plants with single tall exhaust stacks and small visible gas flares, positioned centre-left between the coal station and the wind farm; hard coal 3.9 GW appears as a coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt infrastructure, adjacent to the lignite complex on the left; biomass 3.8 GW is depicted as a medium-sized industrial facility with a rounded silo and a modest chimney emitting thin pale exhaust, nestled among trees near the wind turbines; hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete run-of-river dam with spillway visible in the foreground, water gleaming under artificial light. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no glow on the horizon — a deep September night at 2 AM, clear with zero cloud cover, scattered stars barely visible through industrial haze. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite clear skies, reflecting the high electricity price. Mild early-autumn vegetation — still-green but darkening deciduous trees, stubble fields after harvest. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from industrial light sources against the void of night, atmospheric depth receding into blackness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.