Strong overnight wind supplies 61% of generation while brown coal and net imports cover the remaining 42.4 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 51%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 15%
76%
Renewable share
23.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.8 GW
Total generation
-3.6 GW
Net import
74.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.3°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
172
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.9 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the darkness, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind. Brown coal 5.7 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights. Wind offshore 3.9 GW appears in the far background right as distant turbines standing in a dark sea, their red aviation warning lights blinking. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a tall exhaust stack and woodchip storage silos, warmly lit from within. Natural gas 2.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack releasing a thin heat shimmer, positioned between the coal towers and the wind turbines. Hydro 2.0 GW is visible as a concrete dam structure in a valley at the far left, with spillway water catching reflected industrial light. Hard coal 0.9 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single smokestack beside the brown coal complex. TIME: 1:00 AM — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 95% overcast obscuring all stars. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights, red aircraft warning beacons on turbine nacelles, and the industrial glow of the thermal plants. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, humid summer night air at 14°C with lush green vegetation faintly visible in artificial light. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, lamp black, and warm amber; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial installations and the enveloping darkness; atmospheric depth with distant turbines fading into murky overcast. Meticulous engineering detail on every structure. No text, no labels.