Brown coal leads at 8.5 GW as solar fades and 25.3 GW net imports fill a wide supply gap at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 18%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
52%
Renewable share
6.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
6.6 GW
Solar
35.7 GW
Total generation
25.3 GW
Net import
197.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.7°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
68.0% / 123.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
343
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes; solar 6.6 GW occupies the centre-left as a broad field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels catching the last oblique amber light; wind onshore 5.8 GW spans the centre as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in a light breeze; natural gas 4.6 GW appears centre-right as two compact CCGT blocks with slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.0 GW sits to the right as a classical coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and coal conveyor belt; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a timber-clad biomass CHP facility with a modest rounded chimney and woodchip storage; hydro 1.7 GW appears far right as a small concrete weir with water cascading through turbine gates; wind offshore 0.5 GW is faintly visible on the far horizon as two distant turbines. The sky reflects 19:00 Berlin midsummer dusk — the lower horizon glows deep orange-red fading to amber, while the upper sky darkens through slate-blue toward indigo, partially veiled by 68% cloud cover in layered cumulus tinted copper and violet. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price — a warm 24.7°C summer evening with lush green deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass, and wildflowers along a foreground meadow. Light wind at 10.7 km/h rustles leaves gently. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, luminous atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and panel frame — evoking Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime. No text, no labels.