Brown coal and onshore wind lead a 26.6 GW domestic supply against 54.6 GW demand, driving 28 GW net imports and 300 EUR/MWh prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 35%
47%
Renewable share
7.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.4 GW
Solar
26.6 GW
Total generation
28.0 GW
Net import
300.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.0°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
25.0% / 83.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
396
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lights against a fully dark night sky; wind onshore 6.3 GW fills the centre-right as a cluster of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking, rotors turning slowly in moderate wind; biomass 3.4 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a timber-pile yard and a single tall chimney glowing warmly; natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks and a visible heat shimmer, positioned centre-left; hard coal 2.4 GW sits near the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts; hydro 1.4 GW is a concrete dam structure in the mid-ground with water cascading under floodlights; wind offshore 1.0 GW appears as distant turbines on the far-right horizon, their lights reflected faintly on dark water; solar 0.4 GW is represented only by a small cluster of darkened aluminium-framed crystalline PV panels, unlit and inactive. The sky is completely black with scattered stars visible through 25% cloud wisps, no twilight glow whatsoever — it is full night. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, a warm summer haze hanging low over the industrial landscape, conveying the tension of a 300 EUR/MWh price spike. Warm 25°C air is suggested by lush green deciduous trees in full summer foliage, visible under artificial light pools. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep blues, warm oranges from industrial lighting, dramatic chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato haze — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower geometry, and smokestack detail. No text, no labels.