Wind and lignite anchor a nighttime grid relying on 5.7 GW net imports under elevated prices.
Back
Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 20%
55%
Renewable share
12.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.6 GW
Total generation
-5.7 GW
Net import
119.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.8°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
62% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
312
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, rotors turning slowly in light wind; brown coal 6.5 GW fills the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 5.1 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, surrounded by illuminated pipe infrastructure; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered centre-right as a modest industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a squat smokestack glowing warmly; hard coal 3.2 GW appears behind the lignite plant as a smaller set of cooling towers and a coal bunker under floodlights; hydro 1.3 GW sits in the far centre-right as a concrete dam face with spillway, lit by a single floodlight reflecting off dark water; wind offshore 2.8 GW is suggested on the distant far-right horizon as tiny red aviation warning lights in a row above an invisible sea. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow, only a faint cloud layer at 62% coverage dimly catching the industrial light pollution below. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — thick humid air, steam plumes not dispersing but hanging low. Spring vegetation is barely visible: pale new grass and budding deciduous trees at the margins, touched by cool 5.8°C air. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich but depicting an industrial nocturne. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, lignite hyperbolic cooling towers with correct proportions, CCGT stacks with heat distortion. The scene feels monumental, a masterwork painting of the German industrial landscape at night. No text, no labels.