Wind leads at 29 GW with brown coal and gas providing 14 GW of thermal support on a mild overcast night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 44%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 17%
66%
Renewable share
29.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
51.7 GW
Total generation
+1.3 GW
Net export
154.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.3°C / 4 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
242
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 22.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling dark hills into the distance; wind offshore 6.5 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines visible on a barely-discernible dark horizon line at far right. Brown coal 8.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights. Natural gas 5.1 GW sits center-left as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and a smaller vapor plume, its metal structures gleaming under floodlights. Hard coal 3.9 GW appears just behind the gas plant as a conventional station with a single rectangular boiler house and chimney, lit warmly. Biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a modest wood-clad plant with a short stack and small steam output, nestled between the coal and wind zones. Hydro 0.8 GW is a small dam structure barely visible in the lower-left corner with a faint glow of water. No solar panels anywhere — it is fully dark. The sky is completely black to deep navy, 100% overcast with no stars and no moon visible, heavy low clouds faintly reflecting the orange-sodium glow of the industrial facilities below. The atmosphere feels oppressive and dense, reflecting the high electricity price — thick clouds press down low. Mild late-September vegetation: green-brown grass, some trees just beginning to turn, leaves barely visible in the artificial light. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette with visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from industrial lighting against the pitch-black sky, atmospheric depth with distant turbines fading into murky darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.