Strong onshore wind at 27.4 GW leads generation while coal and elevated prices reflect tight European market conditions.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 47%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 16%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 12%
76%
Renewable share
29.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
9.3 GW
Solar
58.0 GW
Total generation
+58.0 GW
Net export
171.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.2°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
75.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
173
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 27.4 GW dominates the scene, filling the right half and background with dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors spinning visibly in steady wind across rolling green-brown late-summer fields. Solar 9.3 GW appears as a broad array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground right, reflecting only faint ambient light since it is nighttime. Brown coal 7.1 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights. Hard coal 3.8 GW sits adjacent as a smaller coal-fired plant with a tall single stack and conveyor belt infrastructure. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with cylindrical digesters and a low exhaust stack, warmly lit. Natural gas 2.7 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single gleaming exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer. Wind offshore 2.3 GW is suggested in the far distance as a faint line of turbines on the dark horizon. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam structure with water cascading, tucked into a valley on the far left. The sky is completely dark—deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow—it is 22:00 in late August. Stars are mostly obscured by 75 percent cloud cover, with only a few visible through gaps. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price of 171.6 EUR/MWh: low clouds press down, the air is hazy with industrial moisture, sodium streetlights cast amber pools along a road winding through the scene. Temperature is a mild 15.2°C; vegetation is late-summer green trending toward early autumn dryness. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich color palette of deep blues, warm ambers, and coal-grey tones, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into the dark horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and panel frame. No text, no labels.