Wind leads at 16.3 GW but brown coal and gas fill a large residual load, driving 149 EUR/MWh prices at dawn.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 14%
Solar 6%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 21%
58%
Renewable share
16.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.7 GW
Solar
41.7 GW
Total generation
11.4 GW
Net import
149.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
36.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
297
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.9 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a sprawling lignite complex with three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the pre-dawn air; wind onshore 10.6 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across gentle rolling hills, their rotors turning slowly; wind offshore 5.7 GW appears in the far right background as a row of turbines standing in a pale grey sea visible on the horizon; natural gas 5.5 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and small vapour trails positioned centre-left between the coal complex and the wind farm; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack near the coal plant; hard coal 3.1 GW is a single coal-fired station with a rectangular cooling tower and conveyor belts visible at the far left; solar 2.7 GW is a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, their surfaces dark and unreflective, catching no direct light; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir nestled in a valley in the distant background. Time of day is 06:00 in midsummer Berlin: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest band of pale steel-blue and rose along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight yet, the landscape lit by diffuse pre-dawn glow. Temperature is cool at 10 °C; vegetation is lush midsummer green but muted in the low light, dew visible on grass. Cloud cover is moderate at 36%, rendered as scattered alto-stratus wisps across the upper sky. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price—low haze clings to the industrial structures, the air dense and still. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich tonal depth, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, CCGT stack, and PV panel frame. No text, no labels.