Wind and brown coal lead domestic generation while 15 GW net imports bridge a significant supply gap at early-morning peak.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 14%
Solar 12%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
58%
Renewable share
11.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.4 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
15.0 GW
Net import
121.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.8°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
302
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 6.1 GW and wind offshore 5.3 GW together dominate the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills and a distant grey-blue North Sea horizon; brown coal 7.9 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the sky, flanked by conveyor belts and open-pit mine terraces; natural gas 4.1 GW appears as a cluster of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour in the centre-left; hard coal 3.8 GW sits beside them as a smaller conventional plant with squat chimneys and coal stockpiles; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as timber-clad industrial buildings with short stacks and woodchip piles in the centre; solar 4.4 GW appears as rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a gentle south-facing slope catching the first pale pre-dawn glow; hydro 2.0 GW is a concrete run-of-river dam with spillway in the foreground valley. The sky is pre-dawn: deep blue-grey overhead, transitioning to a pale steel-blue and faint peach band along the eastern horizon — no direct sunlight yet, no warm tones in the upper sky. The air feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, with a dense industrial haze pooling in the valleys, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is cool at 11.8°C: lush green deciduous trees in full July leaf but with dew glistening on grass. Light wind barely stirs the turbine blades. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle distance carrying imported power. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with sfumato haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.