Brown coal and wind dominate a fully overcast midday grid, pushing day-ahead prices slightly negative.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 15%
Biomass 21%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 23%
64%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
18.5 GW
Total generation
+18.5 GW
Net export
-1.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.6°C / 26 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 133.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
276
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 4.3 GW occupies the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into overcast sky; biomass 3.9 GW appears left-of-centre as a cluster of wood-chip-fed power stations with modest chimneys and thin smoke trails; wind onshore 3.9 GW fills the centre-right as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers set on rolling green late-summer hills, blades spinning briskly in strong wind; wind offshore 2.9 GW appears in the far right background as a row of turbines standing in a grey North Sea visible on the horizon; hard coal 1.6 GW is rendered centre-left as a single large coal plant with a tall square stack and conveyor belts; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a concrete dam and spillway nestled in a forested valley in the middle distance; natural gas 0.8 GW is a compact CCGT unit with a single slender exhaust stack near the coal plant. No solar panels anywhere. The sky is entirely overcast with a thick, uniform layer of grey-white stratiform clouds at 14:00 full daylight — bright diffuse illumination but absolutely no direct sun or blue sky visible. Despite overcast, the light is even and strong, casting almost no shadows. Temperature is a mild 20°C, and the vegetation is lush late-summer green with some fields showing golden-brown mature crops. Wind visibly bends tall grasses and tree canopies. The negative price creates a calm, open, almost serene atmosphere despite the industrial subjects. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of muted greens, warm ochres, cool greys, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth with aerial perspective softening distant elements. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium cooling tower frameworks, conveyor infrastructure. The scene feels like a masterwork painting of Germany's industrial-pastoral landscape. No text, no labels.