Wind leads at 16.4 GW but 6.3 GW net imports fill the gap left by zero solar at 2 AM.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 20%
62%
Renewable share
18.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.6 GW
Total generation
-6.3 GW
Net import
108.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.1°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
271
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.4 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills, rotors visibly spinning in moderate wind; brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes glowing faintly from internal furnace light; hard coal 3.1 GW sits as a smaller coal plant with rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts beside a dark coal heap, left of centre; natural gas 3.7 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with slim silver exhaust stacks and a thin heat shimmer, positioned centre-left; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as tiny silhouettes of turbines over a dark sea glimpsed between hills; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and modest smokestack; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a small dam with dark water spilling in the middle distance. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 100% overcast with no stars, no moon, no twilight — only artificial light sources: sodium-orange streetlights along a rural road in the foreground, warm amber windows in a distant village, and the industrial glow of the power stations casting pools of harsh white and orange onto low-hanging clouds. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, humid summer air pressing down, haze clinging to the cooling tower plumes, reflecting the high electricity price. Lush green June vegetation on the hillsides is barely visible in the industrial light. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, saturated colour palette of deep indigo, warm amber, and coal-smoke grey — visible, confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology: turbine nacelles with aviation warning lights blinking red, aluminium cladding on CCGT stacks, riveted steel on coal conveyors. No text, no labels.