Strong onshore wind dominates nighttime generation at 39 GW; thermal plants provide balancing under full cloud cover.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 65%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 0%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 6%
84%
Renewable share
44.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
59.7 GW
Total generation
+0.0 GW
Net export
66.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.8°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
111
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 39.0 GW dominates the scene, filling roughly two-thirds of the composition as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling central-German hills into deep darkness, rotors spinning vigorously in strong wind. Wind offshore 5.6 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines barely visible on a far dark horizon, their red aviation warning lights blinking. Brown coal 3.5 GW occupies the lower-left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Biomass 4.3 GW sits just right of the cooling towers as a mid-sized power station with a wood-chip conveyor and a single broad smokestack, warmly lit by facility floodlights. Natural gas 3.2 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a tall silver exhaust stack and a visible heat-recovery unit, placed centre-left with a faint blue gas flame visible through an opening. Hard coal 2.9 GW is rendered as a smaller coal plant with a conveyor belt and rectangular cooling structure, positioned behind the gas plant, glowing dimly under industrial lamps. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete dam and penstock visible in the mid-ground valley, water faintly reflecting facility lights. Time is 22:00 — completely dark sky, no twilight whatsoever, deep navy-to-black overhead, 100% cloud cover so no stars visible, only the orange-white glow of industrial facilities and scattered sodium streetlights of a nearby village illuminate the scene. Temperature is a cool 8.8°C early spring night; bare deciduous trees with just the earliest buds, dormant brown grass, patches of mud. Wind at 17.5 km/h animates the turbine blades visibly and ruffles low vegetation. The atmosphere feels moderately heavy and overcast but not oppressive, reflecting a 66.1 EUR/MWh price — thick low clouds faintly reflecting the industrial glow in muted amber tones. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of deep blues, warm ambers, and cool greys, with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth through layered mist and steam, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. The painting evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime scale but applied to an industrial energy landscape. No text, no labels.