Solar and brown coal lead domestic supply while nearly 10 GW of net imports cover elevated summer-evening demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 28%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 21%
66%
Renewable share
12.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
13.3 GW
Solar
47.1 GW
Total generation
9.6 GW
Net import
137.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 352.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
256
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into overcast sky; solar 13.3 GW fills the centre-right as a vast field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland; wind onshore 10.4 GW appears as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers scattered across ridgelines behind the solar field, blades turning slowly; wind offshore 2.4 GW is suggested by a distant row of turbines on the hazy horizon line; hard coal 3.6 GW stands as a dark industrial power station with tall square stacks and conveyor belts at centre-left; natural gas 2.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single slender exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer near the coal station; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a wood-clad industrial facility with a low rounded silo and thin wisp of pale smoke; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam and penstock visible in a valley at far right. The sky is entirely overcast with heavy, layered grey-white clouds but the scene is lit by warm dusk light — the sun is near the horizon at 18:00 Berlin time, casting a low amber-orange glow along the western horizon only, with the rest of the sky grey and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price. Temperature is 25.8°C: lush green summer vegetation, full leafy deciduous trees, tall grass, wildflowers. Light wind bends the grasses gently. High-voltage transmission pylons and cables cross the middle ground, symbolizing the heavy import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing western horizon and the brooding overcast above — yet every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid pattern, every cooling tower fluting is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.