Wind onshore and brown coal anchor a 62% renewable mix as Germany imports 7 GW at dawn.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 6%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 24%
62%
Renewable share
12.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.8 GW
Solar
30.9 GW
Total generation
7.1 GW
Net import
131.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.0°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
284
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.6 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice towers receding across a gently rolling North German plain; brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive Lusatian lignite complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into still air; hard coal 2.3 GW appears as a single large power station with a tall rectangular boiler house and thin chimney stack just left of centre; natural gas 2.0 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single gleaming exhaust stack and smaller vapour trail beside the coal station; biomass 3.7 GW appears in the centre-left as a cluster of modest industrial buildings with short stacks and stacked wood-chip piles; solar 1.8 GW is shown as a small ground-mounted array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels catching the faintest pre-dawn glow in the foreground right; wind offshore 1.1 GW is glimpsed as tiny turbine silhouettes on a distant horizon line at far right; hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a wooded valley at far left. TIME OF DAY: early dawn at 06:00 in August — the sky is deep blue-grey overhead transitioning to a thin band of pale steel-blue and faint peach along the eastern horizon; no direct sunlight yet, landscape lit by diffuse pre-dawn luminance; dew glistens on grass. WEATHER: perfectly clear sky, zero cloud cover, dead-calm air — no motion in grass or leaves, cooling tower plumes rise vertically. ATMOSPHERE: despite the clear sky, the scene feels heavy and oppressive, a faint industrial haze hanging low over the thermal plants suggesting the high electricity price; the air is still and weighted. VEGETATION: full summer green, lush deciduous trees in leaf, tall grass and wildflowers along field edges. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, layered colour with visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and panel frame. Dramatic Romantic composition with a lone figure standing on a slight rise in the foreground gazing across the industrial-pastoral panorama. No text, no labels.