Brown coal and wind lead generation as high demand and full overcast drive 16.5 GW net imports at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 5%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
51%
Renewable share
12.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.8 GW
Solar
39.2 GW
Total generation
16.5 GW
Net import
159.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.6°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 74.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
353
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a dark night sky; wind onshore 9.9 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers with slowly turning rotors, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.9 GW appears in the far right distance as a line of turbines on a dark horizon barely visible; natural gas 4.6 GW sits centre-left as compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.7 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single large smokestack beside the lignite complex; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial facility with a timber-framed fuel hall and modest chimney, warm interior glow visible through open doors; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the mid-ground with water cascading and floodlights illuminating the spillway; solar 1.8 GW is represented by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, barely visible, reflecting only the sodium-orange glow of nearby streetlights, no sunshine whatsoever. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 100% cloud cover blocking all stars, oppressive and heavy atmosphere suggesting high electricity prices. The air feels warm and humid at 25.6°C — lush green summer vegetation, full deciduous canopies, tall grasses. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools of light along an access road. The overall mood is industrial, warm, and tense. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark tones of indigo, amber, and charcoal, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the black sky, atmospheric depth with steam and haze softening the background, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.