Wind leads at 16.2 GW but 12.5 GW net imports fill the pre-dawn gap before solar ramps up.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 4%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 22%
60%
Renewable share
16.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.6 GW
Solar
37.6 GW
Total generation
12.5 GW
Net import
156.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.2°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
14.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
291
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.2 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills; wind offshore 5.0 GW appears as a distant row of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a sliver of grey sea; brown coal 8.3 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes; natural gas 3.8 GW sits left of centre as two compact CCGT units with slim exhaust stacks venting thin vapour; hard coal 3.0 GW appears as a darker industrial complex with a single large smokestack and coal conveyor beside the gas plant; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed plant with a rounded silo and modest chimney in the centre-left middle ground; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small dam with spillway nestled in a valley in the far centre background; solar 1.6 GW is a small cluster of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre foreground, their surfaces dark and unreflective in the absence of sunlight. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn light at 06:00 in August — no direct sun, only the faintest pale luminescence creeping along the eastern horizon behind the turbines, the upper sky still near-dark navy. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting 156.8 EUR/MWh prices — low-hanging haze clings to the industrial structures, a brooding weight pressing down. Temperature 13°C: lush but dew-soaked summer vegetation, cool mist pooling in the valleys. Wind at 7.9 km/h provides gentle blade rotation and slight steam drift. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, moody colour palette of indigo, slate, umber, and muted green — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with sfumato haze, dramatic chiaroscuro from the glowing industrial lights of the coal and gas plants against the dark pre-dawn sky. Meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and conveyor structure. Sodium-orange industrial lighting illuminates the thermal plants. No text, no labels.