Evening import dependency as solar fades: brown coal, wind, and biomass anchor 28.3 GW against 47.1 GW demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 10%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 20%
61%
Renewable share
9.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.9 GW
Solar
28.3 GW
Total generation
18.8 GW
Net import
151.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.7°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 154.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
276
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 5.6 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a dark summer sky, their concrete shells lit from below by orange sodium lamps; wind onshore 7.9 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning at moderate speed, aviation warning lights blinking red at their nacelles; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a tall chimney and wood-chip storage silos, warmly lit from within; natural gas 3.3 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, situated centre-left; solar 2.9 GW appears as a field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dark and barely reflective in the fading light, catching the last faint ruddy glow near the horizon; hard coal 2.1 GW is a smaller coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt, its structure illuminated by industrial floodlights; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by distant turbines on the far horizon line; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small dam structure with water cascading, lit by a single floodlight. The sky is a deep navy-black, fully dark with no twilight remaining — it is 20:00 in midsummer Berlin, the last trace of dusk has faded to a thin amber-red line at the extreme western horizon. Stars are beginning to emerge overhead. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a warm haze hangs over the industrial structures. Lush green summer vegetation — tall grasses, mature deciduous trees in full leaf — surrounds the facilities, responding to the 25.7°C warmth. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools along access roads. 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, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and panel frame — the scene feels monumental, a masterwork industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.