Strong overnight wind and persistent brown coal baseload drive a slight net export under overcast September skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 39%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 22%
62%
Renewable share
23.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
47.0 GW
Total generation
+1.2 GW
Net export
139.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.4°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
282
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lights of the lignite plant complex; wind onshore 18.5 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice towers, their rotors turning steadily in the night breeze, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 5.2 GW appears as a distant row of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark river or canal reflecting industrial light; hard coal 3.9 GW is rendered as a compact coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts, positioned centre-left; natural gas 3.8 GW sits in the centre as two sleek CCGT units with clean exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a conical storage dome and small chimney, centre-right; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small weir and turbine house at the edge of the dark canal in the foreground. Time is midnight: the sky is completely black with full 100% cloud cover—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow, only a deep navy-black vault pressing down oppressively. The atmosphere is heavy and humid, 14°C early autumn, with dew on the grass and condensation hazing the industrial lights. Vegetation is late-summer green turning to early autumn muted tones. The elevated price of 139 EUR/MWh is conveyed through a thick, oppressive low-hanging haze and a brooding, claustrophobic atmospheric quality. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the black sky and sodium-orange industrial glow, atmospheric depth receding into misty darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower fluting, and smokestack rivet. No text, no labels.