Wind and fading solar dominate generation, but 10.7 GW net imports fill the evening gap under heavy overcast.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 34%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 10%
85%
Renewable share
19.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
16.5 GW
Solar
48.2 GW
Total generation
10.7 GW
Net import
118.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.1°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
99.0% / 47.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
112
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.6 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades turning moderately in light wind. Solar 16.5 GW fills the centre-right foreground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels reflecting only the dull grey of the overcast sky, no glint or shine. Brown coal 5.0 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the low cloud ceiling, with conveyor belts of dark lignite visible at ground level. Biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with cylindrical wood-chip silos and a modest smokestack trailing pale vapour. Wind offshore 3.5 GW is suggested in the far background as a line of turbines on the hazy horizon above a sliver of grey sea. Natural gas 1.8 GW sits as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and silver heat-recovery units near the coal complex. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway on a river winding through the left foreground. Hard coal 0.6 GW is a single smaller power station with a square chimney beside the brown coal towers. The sky is 99% overcast: a heavy, unbroken ceiling of dark grey stratus clouds pressing low, with a narrow band of dim orange-red light glowing along the western horizon — it is 18:00 dusk in July, rapidly fading daylight, the upper sky already darkening toward deep slate blue. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Lush midsummer vegetation — tall grass, full-canopy deciduous trees — at 18°C, no heat haze. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, dramatic chiaroscuro between the dim dusk glow and the industrial steam and smoke, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower ribbing, every PV cell grid. No text, no labels.