Strong onshore wind at 28.3 GW drives 79% renewables and 5.4 GW net exports on a mild September night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 56%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 7%
79%
Renewable share
34.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.2 GW
Total generation
+5.4 GW
Net export
83.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.1°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
38.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
138
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 28.3 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling hills from the centre to the far right, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 6.1 GW appears as a distant line of larger turbines on the dark horizon at far right, their red aviation lights blinking; natural gas 4.3 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks venting thin plumes of heat haze, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; brown coal 3.7 GW fills the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the darkness, surrounded by conveyor belts and coal bunkers illuminated by harsh yellow work lights; hard coal 2.3 GW sits adjacent as a smaller power station with a single tall smokestack and visible coal yard; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a rounded biomass storage dome and a modest chimney, warmly lit; hydro 1.0 GW is rendered as a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley at far left, floodlit. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow, with scattered stars visible through 38% partial cloud cover — thin broken clouds drifting across the stars. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the open landscape, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is mild at 16°C; vegetation is late-summer green beginning to hint at early autumn gold on the edges of deciduous trees near the turbine bases. Sodium streetlights along a rural road cast pools of amber light. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich deep colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and industrial structure. No text, no labels.