Wind and thermal plants anchor domestic supply as Germany imports ~21.6 GW under overcast evening skies at peak price.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 17%
53%
Renewable share
12.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
35.4 GW
Total generation
21.6 GW
Net import
213.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.1°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 4.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
320
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.0 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a black overcast sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights on the plant grounds; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the left-centre as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their metallic facades glowing under industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.6 GW sits right of centre as a traditional coal-fired station with twin rectangular chimneys and conveyor belt infrastructure, warmly lit by orange facility lighting; wind onshore 10.7 GW fills the right third and extends into the background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 2.3 GW is suggested by a distant line of turbines on the far-right horizon, their warning lights tiny red dots; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack near the centre-right, warmly illuminated; hydro 1.3 GW is represented by a small dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water cascading over a spillway, lit by a few pale spotlights. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight glow, no sunset remnants, fully overcast at 100% cloud cover so no stars visible — a heavy, oppressive ceiling of cloud pressing down, reflecting faint industrial light as a dull orange-brown undercast. Temperature is mild at 17°C: summer vegetation — full leafy trees and green grass — is just barely discernible in the foreground under artificial light. The overall atmosphere is dense and heavy, conveying high electricity prices and strain. Power lines on tall steel pylons stretch across the entire scene, connecting the installations to an implied grid beyond the frame. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between deep shadows and warm industrial glow, atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling towers, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower geometry, CCGT exhaust stacks, and coal conveyor systems. No text, no labels.