Brown coal, onshore wind, and gas dominate as heavy cloud and imports cover a 14.7 GW generation shortfall.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 22%
54%
Renewable share
12.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.1 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
14.7 GW
Net import
145.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
87.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
327
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.3 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into heavy overcast; wind onshore 10.7 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers dotting rolling green hills, blades turning slowly in light 7 km/h winds; natural gas 5.0 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.0 GW sits centre-right as a coal-fired station with rectangular mechanical-draft cooling towers and conveyor belts; biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a modest smokestack and timber storage yard in the middle ground; solar 3.1 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting only grey sky, no sunshine; hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a concrete powerhouse visible along a river in the lower right; wind offshore 1.6 GW appears as a handful of distant turbines barely visible on the far horizon line. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn light at 06:00 in July — no direct sun, no warm colours, only the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon beneath an 87% overcast ceiling of low stratus clouds creating a heavy, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 145.8 EUR/MWh price. The landscape is lush mid-summer German countryside at 18°C, damp meadows, dark deciduous trees in full leaf. High-voltage transmission lines cross the scene, referencing the large import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich tonal depth, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.