Coal, gas, and moderate wind supply 34 GW against 50 GW demand, driving 16 GW net imports and high prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 20%
49%
Renewable share
11.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.0 GW
Total generation
16.0 GW
Net import
185.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.9°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
81.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
351
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.7 GW dominates the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the darkness, illuminated from below by orange sodium vapor lights; hard coal 4.5 GW appears just right of centre-left as a cluster of smaller industrial stacks with visible conveyor belts and glowing furnace windows; natural gas 6.2 GW occupies the centre as compact CCGT power blocks with tall singular exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by white industrial floodlights; wind onshore 8.9 GW spans the right third as rows of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching toward the horizon, their red aviation warning lights blinking against a black sky, blades barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested in the far right background as faint red blinking lights on the distant dark horizon line; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack near the coal complex; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure in the middle distance with water gleaming faintly under artificial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 81 percent cloud cover blocking any stars, creating a heavy oppressive canopy. The atmosphere is humid and dense, summer warmth at 26 degrees visible as haze around the light sources. The landscape is flat northern German terrain with dark green summer vegetation barely visible. All facilities glow with industrial lighting — sodium orange and cool white — reflected in a narrow river winding through the foreground. No solar panels anywhere, no sunlight, no twilight glow. The overall mood is heavy and industrially intense, matching the high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the black sky and the artificially lit industrial complexes, atmospheric depth created by layered haze and receding light sources. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor profiles on wind turbines, correct proportions on hyperbolic cooling towers, detailed CCGT exhaust geometry. The painting feels monumental, a masterwork depiction of Germany's industrial night. No text, no labels.