Wind leads at 22.4 GW with 10.2 GW brown coal baseload on a fully overcast September night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 23%
62%
Renewable share
22.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
44.1 GW
Total generation
+0.7 GW
Net export
129.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.4°C / 11 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
279
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers stretching across rolling central German hills, blades slowly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 5.7 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly visible sea line; brown coal 10.2 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station complex with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 3.1 GW sits adjacent as a smaller coal plant with a single tall smokestack and visible coal conveyor infrastructure; natural gas 3.3 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a slim exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, positioned centre-left; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rounded dome digester and a short flue, nestled between the coal and gas facilities; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway visible in a river valley in the centre-right middle ground. Time is 02:00 — the sky is completely black with no twilight, no stars visible due to 100% overcast cloud cover creating a low oppressive ceiling faintly reflecting the amber industrial glow from below. Temperature is mild at 13.4°C; late-summer vegetation — dark green deciduous trees with the earliest hints of autumn — lines the foreground meadow. The atmosphere feels heavy and dense, reflecting the high electricity price: a brooding, weighty industrial night. All facility lights glow amber and white, casting reflections on wet-looking ground from recent drizzle. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, dark palette of deep navy, coal black, warm amber, and cool grey-white steam; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between dark sky and lit industrial complexes; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, cooling tower ribbing, and conveyor structures; atmospheric aerial perspective with distant offshore turbines fading into the murky horizon. No text, no labels.