Brown coal and wind lead a 36.7 GW generation mix while 21.0 GW of net imports cover strong evening demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
49%
Renewable share
10.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.2 GW
Solar
36.7 GW
Total generation
21.0 GW
Net import
206.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.0°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 151.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
364
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; wind onshore 7.8 GW occupies the centre-right as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers with blades turning moderately in the breeze; natural gas 5.4 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat; biomass 4.0 GW sits in the centre as a wood-chip-fired plant with a squat industrial chimney and timber storage yards; hard coal 3.7 GW appears behind the brown coal station as a second smaller power plant with a conveyor belt and coal bunker visible; wind offshore 2.6 GW is suggested on the distant far-right horizon as tiny turbines standing in a dark sea; solar 2.2 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, their surfaces dark and unreflective under the night sky; hydro 1.4 GW is a small run-of-river weir in the lower foreground with white water spilling over. TIME AND LIGHTING: it is 20:00 in mid-July in central Germany — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remaining, no sunset colours; all illumination comes from artificial sources — sodium-orange streetlights lining a road in the foreground, brilliant white industrial floodlights on the power stations, red aviation warning lights blinking atop cooling towers and wind turbine nacelles, warm amber glowing windows in a distant village. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme 206 EUR/MWh electricity price — a low haze hangs over the industrial landscape, and the air feels thick and warm at 25°C with lush dark-green summer foliage on deciduous trees. The wind turbine blades show visible motion blur. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, deep colour palette dominated by indigo, burnt sienna, and warm amber; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between the dark sky and the glowing industrial facilities; atmospheric depth with layers receding into hazy distance. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all technology elements. No text, no labels.