Strong onshore wind at 24.5 GW leads generation under dense overcast, with lignite providing 7.0 GW of thermal baseload.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 55%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 16%
73%
Renewable share
27.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
44.2 GW
Total generation
+44.2 GW
Net export
33.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.0°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
95.0% / 175.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
202
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 24.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling green late-summer farmland, blades turning briskly in moderate wind; brown coal 7.0 GW occupies the left background as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast; hard coal 2.9 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a tall brick chimney and conveyor belts carrying dark coal beside a slag heap, positioned left of centre; natural gas 2.1 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single polished exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, nestled between the coal plants; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a cluster of mid-sized industrial buildings with rounded digesters and a modest smokestack emitting thin white vapour, placed in the centre-left midground; offshore wind 2.6 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a faint line of turbines standing in a grey North Sea visible through a gap in the terrain; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete run-of-river weir with churning white water in the foreground stream. The sky is 95% overcast with heavy, layered grey stratus clouds lit from above by diffused midday daylight at 14:00 — bright but flat, no direct sun, no shadows, no solar panels anywhere. The landscape is lush late-summer green with mature wheat fields beginning to turn golden, deciduous trees full-canopied, temperature a mild 21°C. The atmosphere is calm and moderately clear, reflecting the 33.1 EUR/MWh price — no oppressive haze, just the industrial pastoral. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and smokestack joint — a grand industrial landscape masterwork. No text, no labels.