Brown coal dominates at 10 GW as overcast skies and high imports drive prices to 155 EUR/MWh.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 5%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 34%
40%
Renewable share
5.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.6 GW
Solar
29.8 GW
Total generation
12.3 GW
Net import
154.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.0°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
434
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into heavy air; onshore wind 5.0 GW occupies the centre-right as a cluster of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in moderate breeze across rolling green summer fields; natural gas 4.1 GW appears as two compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks and small heat-recovery units just left of centre; hard coal 3.6 GW sits behind the lignite station as a dark rectangular boiler house with a single tall chimney trailing grey smoke; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed industrial plant with a modest smokestack and log piles near the centre-left; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the far right background nestled in a wooded valley; solar 1.6 GW is shown as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and reflecting no light under the clouds; offshore wind 0.5 GW is barely visible on the far horizon as a few tiny turbines above a grey sea line. The sky is entirely overcast with thick, low stratocumulus in layered greys, creating a heavy oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. Time is early dawn at 06:00 in August — the eastern horizon shows only the faintest pale blue-grey pre-dawn glow beneath the cloud deck, no direct sunlight anywhere, the landscape illuminated by diffuse grey half-light. Summer vegetation is lush and deep green, grasses tall, deciduous trees in full leaf. Temperature is mild at 17°C. High-voltage transmission pylons with sagging cables cross the scene, symbolising import flows. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich atmospheric depth, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro in the cloud layers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and panel frame. No text, no labels.