Wind dominates nighttime generation at 27.2 GW while fossil baseload and modest net imports balance 41.4 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 50%
Wind offshore 16%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 8%
79%
Renewable share
27.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.0 GW
Total generation
-0.4 GW
Net import
83.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.6°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
46.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
136
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.6 GW dominates the scene as vast rows of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling hills from the centre to the far right, their rotors spinning briskly in moderate wind; wind offshore 6.6 GW appears as a distant cluster of taller turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly glinting sea. Natural gas 4.0 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin translucent plumes, warmly lit by sodium floodlights. Brown coal 3.1 GW fills the left foreground as a pair of large hyperbolic cooling towers with dense white steam plumes rising into the dark sky, accompanied by conveyor belt structures and a glowing boiler house. Biomass 3.7 GW appears as an industrial plant with wood-chip silos and a modest smokestack behind the gas units. Hydro 1.7 GW is rendered as a concrete dam with spillway on the far left, illuminated by a few security lights. Hard coal 1.5 GW is a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular cooling tower near the brown coal complex. Time is 03:00 in mid-June: the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow, stars partially obscured by 46% patchy cloud cover. All structures are lit only by artificial orange-yellow sodium streetlights and industrial floodlights casting sharp pools of light and long shadows. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive, reflecting the elevated electricity price — a faint humid haze diffuses the artificial light. Temperature is cool at 10.6°C; lush early-summer vegetation on the hillsides is dark green-black, barely visible. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich colour, visible thick brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, chiaroscuro contrast between glowing industrial light and surrounding darkness. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with realistic steam, CCGT exhaust geometry. The scene evokes an industrial sublime — a masterwork painting of the nocturnal energy landscape. No text, no labels.