Overcast skies limit solar to 21.5 GW; brown coal and 15.8 GW net imports fill the gap at 121 EUR/MWh.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 46%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 15%
69%
Renewable share
5.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
21.5 GW
Solar
47.1 GW
Total generation
15.7 GW
Net import
120.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.1°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
227
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.2 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into heavy grey clouds; hard coal 4.1 GW appears just right of centre-left as a coal plant with a tall rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts, and a single cylindrical chimney trailing darker smoke; natural gas 3.4 GW occupies the centre as a compact CCGT facility with two slender exhaust stacks and a smaller cooling unit; solar 21.5 GW spans the entire right half and foreground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching to the horizon, their surfaces reflecting only dull grey sky with no sun glint; wind onshore 4.5 GW appears as a scattered line of eight three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles on rolling hills in the mid-distance, blades turning gently in moderate wind; wind offshore 0.9 GW is a faint cluster of turbines barely visible on the far horizon; biomass 3.9 GW is a modest biogas facility with a green domed digester and a small exhaust stack near the coal plant; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with visible white water in the lower left corner. The sky is entirely overcast with thick, low stratus clouds in layered tones of slate grey and pewter — no blue sky, no sun disc visible, fully diffuse daylight of a summer morning at 09:00. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting high electricity prices. Lush green summer vegetation — deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass — at 20°C, moderate breeze bending grasses. High-voltage transmission pylons with sagging cables cross the middle ground, symbolizing heavy imports. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth combined with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro despite overcast light. Meticulous engineering detail on every installation. No text, no labels.