Wind leads at 20.7 GW with brown coal and gas filling the gap as overcast skies suppress solar and 2.5 GW is imported.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 17%
Solar 2%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 15%
73%
Renewable share
20.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.7 GW
Solar
36.0 GW
Total generation
2.5 GW
Net import
116.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.6°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
92.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
193
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and aerodynamic nacelles stretching across rolling green hills into the distance; wind offshore 6.3 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines visible on a grey sea horizon at far right. Brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes. Biomass 3.8 GW sits centre-left as a cluster of industrial buildings with tall chimneys and woodchip storage domes. Natural gas 2.8 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with single slender exhaust stacks and small vapour trails, positioned left of centre. Hard coal 1.4 GW is a smaller coal plant with a single square cooling tower behind the gas units. Hydro 1.2 GW is a concrete dam and penstock visible in a valley at far left. Solar 0.7 GW appears only as a small array of darkened aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a nearby rooftop, unlit and inactive. The lighting is pre-dawn at 06:00: a pale steel-blue glow barely touching the eastern horizon, the sky otherwise deep blue-grey and heavy, 92% cloud cover forming a thick oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down on the landscape. No direct sunlight whatsoever. Temperature is an unseasonably cold 7.6°C in late August; vegetation is lush summer green but glistening with cold dew and mist clinging to low ground. The atmosphere feels heavy, weighty, and brooding, reflecting the high electricity price. Sodium-orange lights glow from the power stations and a nearby village. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blues, slate greys, and muted greens, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.