Brown coal, hard coal, onshore wind, and gas anchor a 25.7 GW supply against 38.1 GW demand under full overcast.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 3%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 17%
Brown coal 25%
45%
Renewable share
6.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.7 GW
Solar
25.7 GW
Total generation
12.4 GW
Net import
156.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.5°C / 9 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
395
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.5 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy sky; onshore wind 5.2 GW spans the centre-left as a wide field of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in light breeze across rolling green August farmland; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial complex with tall rectangular stacks and conveyor belts feeding coal bunkers; biomass 3.7 GW sits behind the wind turbines as a cluster of medium-sized CHP plants with cylindrical silos and modest chimneys; natural gas 3.2 GW occupies the right as two compact CCGT units with sleek single exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; offshore wind 1.1 GW is glimpsed as distant turbines on a far grey horizon line; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small dam and spillway at the far right edge; solar 0.7 GW is represented by a small array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a barn roof, their surfaces dull and reflecting no sunlight. Time of day is 06:00 dawn in August: the sky is a deep blue-grey pre-dawn light, no direct sun visible, the eastern horizon shows the faintest pale steel-blue brightening behind the total 100% cloud cover, giving a flat diffuse illumination with no shadows. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down on the landscape, the air feels thick and humid at 18.5°C, summer vegetation is lush and deep green but muted under the overcast. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich dark colour palette of slate greys, muted greens, and warm industrial oranges from sodium lamps still lit at the power stations, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of haze between foreground industrial structures and distant horizon turbines, meticulous engineering detail on every technology — turbine nacelles, rotor blades, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry. The scene conveys the weight of a nation's early-morning energy demand borne by coal and wind under an unyielding sky. No text, no labels.