Strong overnight wind (24.7 GW) leads generation at 69% renewable share, with thermal plants and net imports covering the 2.7 GW gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 45%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 11%
69%
Renewable share
24.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.6 GW
Total generation
-2.6 GW
Net import
102.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.8°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
2.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
202
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles arrayed across rolling central German hills, blades visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 4.9 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines on a dark sea horizon; brown coal 4.8 GW occupies the left foreground as two large hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lights of an industrial complex; natural gas 6.0 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT power station with twin exhaust stacks venting thin plumes, illuminated by facility lighting; hard coal 2.6 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single stack and coal conveyor behind the gas station; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a modest stack and a pile of timber near its base, positioned between the thermal cluster and the wind turbines; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam and powerhouse visible in a valley at centre-right. The sky is completely dark, deep navy to black, no twilight or sky glow, a canopy of sharp stars and a thin crescent moon overhead, 2% cloud cover leaving the sky nearly perfectly clear. The air feels cool at 7.8°C — early spring bare branches on scattered deciduous trees, fresh green buds barely visible. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the tension of a 102.5 EUR/MWh price: a brooding, dense quality to the darkness pressing down on the landscape. Sodium-orange and white industrial lighting casts pools of light around the thermal plants, reflecting faintly off wet fields. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.