Wind and brown coal dominate nighttime generation as Germany imports 2.1 GW under elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 22%
57%
Renewable share
16.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.0 GW
Total generation
2.1 GW
Net import
151.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
89.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
304
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 13.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills into the deep distance, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; wind offshore 3.1 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines visible far on the horizon beyond a river, also marked by red lights. Brown coal 8.1 GW occupies the left third as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights. Natural gas 4.7 GW fills the centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with twin tall exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, surrounded by lit pipe racks and control buildings. Hard coal 3.1 GW appears just left of centre as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular cooling tower and a conveyor belt structure. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed digester tank and a modest smokestack, warmly lit, positioned between the gas plant and the wind turbines. Hydro 0.8 GW is a small dam structure in the foreground valley with water glinting under artificial light. The sky is completely black to deep navy, 89% cloud cover depicted as a heavy, oppressive blanket of low stratus clouds barely visible against the dark, reflecting faint orange-amber industrial glow from below — no moonlight, no stars, no twilight. The atmosphere is heavy and pressing, conveying the elevated 151.5 EUR/MWh price. Temperature is a cool 12°C early autumn; vegetation is dark green turning to early yellow, barely visible in the gloom. Ground-level mist drifts between the turbine bases. Sodium streetlights line a small road in the foreground. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of deep blacks, navy blues, warm amber and orange industrial glows, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium cooling tower frameworks, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.