Strong onshore wind at 21.6 GW leads generation, but 16.5 GW of thermal plant persists, keeping prices elevated at night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 46%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 17%
65%
Renewable share
25.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.9 GW
Total generation
+0.2 GW
Net export
155.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.5°C / 2 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
248
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 21.6 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; brown coal 8.1 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.2 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.2 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller station with a single large chimney and conveyor belts visible; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and modest stack; wind offshore 3.7 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as faint red lights over a dark implied sea; hydro 0.8 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure with spillway at the far left edge. Time is 22:00—completely dark, black sky with total overcast so no stars visible, creating a heavy oppressive ceiling reflecting the high electricity price. The only light sources are sodium-orange and white industrial lighting, glowing furnace mouths, blinking turbine beacons, and lit control-room windows. Mild September vegetation: dark green deciduous trees with early hints of autumn yellowing visible where floodlights catch them. Low ground-level wind despite strong upper-atmosphere flow—grass barely moves while turbine blades spin steadily. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between industrial glow and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with moisture-laden air diffusing light into halos around lamps, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and gas-stack geometry. No text, no labels.