Wind energy commands 65% of generation at dawn, but 4.6 GW net imports fill the gap to meet demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 54%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 7%
86%
Renewable share
24.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.9 GW
Solar
37.9 GW
Total generation
4.6 GW
Net import
85.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.8°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
63.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
94
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.4 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green summer fields into the deep distance; wind offshore 4.4 GW appears on the far right horizon as a cluster of offshore turbines barely visible above a dark grey sea line. Solar 2.9 GW is represented by a modest array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and unreflective under the low overcast dawn light. Biomass 3.8 GW occupies the left-centre as a medium-sized biomass power station with a tall stack emitting pale vapour, surrounded by timber yards and wood-chip piles. Brown coal 2.6 GW sits in the left foreground as a lignite plant with two large hyperbolic cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes against the grey sky. Natural gas 2.5 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility beside the brown coal plant, with a single tall exhaust stack and clean metallic turbine housing. Hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small concrete weir and powerhouse along a river in the middle distance. Hard coal 0.2 GW is a barely visible small stack in the far background, almost lost in haze. Time of day is 06:00 Berlin in early July: the sky is pre-dawn deep blue-grey with a faint band of cool pale light along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight yet, landscape lit by diffuse ambient glow. Cloud cover at 63% renders the sky heavy and layered. Temperature is a mild 16.8°C with lush green summer vegetation, wildflowers, and dew on grass. The atmosphere feels slightly heavy and oppressive, hinting at the 85 EUR/MWh price—muted tones, humid air. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich visible brushwork, atmospheric depth, layered clouds rendered with dramatic chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine blade, cooling tower curve, and panel frame. No text, no labels.