Wind and lignite dominate midnight generation at 19.6 GW and 9.4 GW respectively, with elevated prices despite balanced supply.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
56%
Renewable share
19.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.9 GW
Total generation
+0.0 GW
Net export
158.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.1°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
33.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
315
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; hard coal 4.5 GW appears just right of them as a smaller coal plant with a pair of chimneys and conveyor belts, coal piles dimly visible; natural gas 5.5 GW occupies the center-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat plumes, their steel casings reflecting amber industrial lighting; wind onshore 16.2 GW fills the entire right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 3.4 GW is suggested by a row of turbines visible far in the background on a dark horizon line; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a medium-sized wood-fired plant with a single smokestack and timber storage yard in the center-right middle ground; hydro 0.8 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a low concrete dam barely visible in the foreground near a dark river. The scene is set at midnight — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, scattered stars visible through 33% partial cloud cover, no twilight whatsoever, no sun, no solar panels anywhere. Mild autumn atmosphere with green-turning-yellow deciduous trees at 17°C, leaves slightly rustling in moderate breeze. The mood is heavy and oppressive reflecting 158 EUR/MWh pricing — thick industrial haze hangs low, sodium streetlights cast harsh orange pools on wet roads, the air feels dense and weighty. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, deep atmospheric perspective — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT stack detail. No text, no labels.