Massive overnight onshore wind drives generation well above demand, pushing exports to 11.3 GW and prices to zero.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 69%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 5%
89%
Renewable share
44.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
55.5 GW
Total generation
+11.4 GW
Net export
—
Day-ahead price
11.2°C / 27 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
73
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 38.2 GW dominates the entire right two-thirds of the scene as hundreds of tall three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across dark rolling hills, their rotors spinning vigorously in strong wind; wind offshore 6.4 GW appears in the far background right as a cluster of offshore turbines visible on a black sea horizon with faint aviation warning lights blinking red; brown coal 2.6 GW occupies the left foreground as two large hyperbolic cooling towers with thin wisps of steam lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 2.4 GW sits just right of the cooling towers as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and a faint heat shimmer; biomass 4.1 GW appears in the centre-left as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack emitting pale vapour, illuminated by warm facility lighting; hard coal 0.9 GW is a smaller power station barely visible behind the biomass plant with a single square chimney; hydro 0.9 GW is suggested by a small dam structure at the far left edge with water gleaming under floodlights. The scene is set at midnight: the sky is completely black with dense 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no sky glow — only artificial light sources illuminate the landscape. Strong wind is conveyed through bent autumn grasses, swaying bare-branched trees, and streaking cloud textures faintly caught by upward light spill. Temperature is cool at 11°C: autumn foliage in muted browns and ochres visible where light touches the ground. The atmosphere is calm and open despite the overcast, reflecting the zero electricity price — no oppressive weight, just vast dark space. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette of indigo, black, warm sodium orange, and cool steel grey — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.