Strong nighttime wind and persistent coal baseload drive a 61% renewable share under elevated European power prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 20%
61%
Renewable share
20.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.0 GW
Total generation
+1.1 GW
Net export
150.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.5°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
91.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
274
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 17.4 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind, stretching across rolling hills into the distance; brown coal 8.3 GW fills the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 5.1 GW appears center-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by floodlights; hard coal 3.0 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller power station with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belts visible; biomass 4.1 GW appears center-right as a large industrial facility with a woodchip storage dome and a modest smokestack, warmly lit windows glowing; wind offshore 3.4 GW is suggested at the far right horizon as faint red aviation warning lights of offshore turbines above a dark sea line; hydro 0.8 GW is a small run-of-river weir in the foreground with water faintly reflecting industrial light. TIME: midnight, completely dark sky — deep black-navy with no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 91% overcast so no stars visible; the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price. Ground-level sodium streetlights cast amber pools on roads between facilities. Late September vegetation: grass and deciduous trees beginning to turn amber-brown, slightly wind-tossed. Temperature 16.5°C — mild, no frost. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, moody colour palette of deep indigo, charcoal grey, and warm industrial amber; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth achieved through layered mist and steam; meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.