Lignite leads domestic generation at 8.2 GW as fading solar and high demand drive 22.5 GW of net imports at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 21%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 22%
53%
Renewable share
6.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
7.9 GW
Solar
37.3 GW
Total generation
22.5 GW
Net import
168.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.0°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
3.0% / 270.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
328
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into an oppressive, heavy amber-tinted sky; solar 7.9 GW occupies the centre-left foreground as extensive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels catching the last low-angle golden light; wind onshore 6.0 GW fills the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning moderately in the breeze; natural gas 5.4 GW appears right of centre as two compact CCGT power blocks with slender exhaust stacks trailing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.8 GW sits at the right as a coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and coal conveyors; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip plant with a modest plume; hydro 1.6 GW is a small dam and spillway visible in the far right background nestled against low green hills; wind offshore 0.4 GW is barely suggested by a few tiny turbines on a distant hazy horizon line. Time of day is late dusk at 19:00 in July — the sun is very low on the western horizon, casting intense orange-red light along the bottom of the sky, the upper sky deepening to dusky indigo-blue, nearly 3% cloud cover means an almost clear sky but the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting 168 EUR/MWh prices, with a warm humid haze softening distant details. Lush midsummer vegetation — tall green grasses, leafy deciduous trees — surrounds the installations, temperature 24°C giving a warm, slightly sultry feeling. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. The composition conveys the sublime tension between industrial might and fading natural light. No text, no labels.