Wind and brown coal anchor domestic supply while 20.5 GW net imports fill a steep evening demand gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 23%
54%
Renewable share
12.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.1 GW
Solar
36.5 GW
Total generation
20.4 GW
Net import
182.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.2°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
20.0% / 118.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
325
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the darkening sky; wind onshore 9.4 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades turning moderately in light wind; natural gas 5.4 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.3 GW sits beside the lignite station as a smaller coal plant with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belts; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small chimneys glowing with internal warmth; wind offshore 2.9 GW is visible in the far distance as a row of turbines on the horizon line above a faint strip of sea; solar 2.1 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, their surfaces dark and unreflective in the fading light; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam structure with water spilling, nestled in a valley at far right. The sky is post-sunset summer dusk at 20:00 in central Germany — the upper sky is deep navy-blue trending toward black, with only a thin band of residual amber-orange glow clinging to the western horizon; the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting high electricity prices. Warm summer vegetation — lush green deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass — covers the hillsides. Scattered sodium streetlights and lit industrial windows begin to glow. A few high-voltage transmission pylons with glowing insulators cross the middle ground, symbolizing import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of deep blues, warm ambers, industrial greys and greens — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro lighting, meticulous engineering detail on every technology. No text, no labels.