Wind and lignite dominate a late-night grid exporting 2.9 GW despite an elevated 115 EUR/MWh price.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 22%
53%
Renewable share
22.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
52.4 GW
Total generation
+2.9 GW
Net export
115.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
0.6°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
80.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
337
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 17.7 GW spans the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning steadily across rolling dark fields; wind offshore 4.7 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea inlet. Brown coal 11.6 GW dominates the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, surrounded by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Hard coal 6.6 GW occupies the left-centre as a row of rectangular power station buildings with tall chimneys trailing thin smoke. Natural gas 6.6 GW fills the centre as compact CCGT units with sleek single exhaust stacks and faint heat shimmer. Biomass 4.3 GW appears as a cluster of modest industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and low stacks near the centre-right. Hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley fold at far left. The time is 23:00 in late March — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, 80% cloud cover blocking stars except rare gaps. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights along rural roads, warm glowing windows in distant villages, the red aviation warning lights atop wind turbines and smokestacks, and the eerie industrial glow of the coal plants reflected off their own steam. Temperature near freezing: bare deciduous trees, patches of frost on fields, breath-like mist near the ground. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, reflecting the high 115 EUR/MWh electricity price — low clouds press down on the industrial landscape. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich deep colour, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, dramatic interplay of artificial light against profound darkness — but with meticulous technical accuracy in rendering turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, hyperbolic cooling tower geometry, CCGT exhaust stacks, and conveyor infrastructure. The painting evokes sublime industrial grandeur on a cold, overcast German night. No text, no labels.