Brown coal dominates at 12.3 GW as dense overcast and calm winds suppress renewables, driving 7.6 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 26%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 31%
47%
Renewable share
3.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
10.3 GW
Solar
39.5 GW
Total generation
7.6 GW
Net import
173.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.1°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
96.0% / 4.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
389
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into heavy grey skies; solar 10.3 GW appears in the centre-left as an extensive field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces dull and matte under the dense overcast, reflecting no sunlight; natural gas 4.3 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; hard coal 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a traditional coal-fired station with twin red-and-white striped chimneys and conveyor belts feeding dark coal; biomass 4.1 GW sits to the right as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small stacks; wind onshore 2.3 GW and wind offshore 1.1 GW appear in the far right as a modest row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in near-still air; hydro 1.0 GW is a small run-of-river weir in the foreground with modest white water. The time is 08:00 on a September morning—full daylight but deeply diffused, no shadows anywhere, a flat oppressive pewter-grey sky at 96% cloud cover pressing down on the landscape. The air temperature is a cool 12°C; early-autumn vegetation shows the first hints of yellowing at leaf edges, dew-dampened grass. The atmosphere feels heavy and stifling, reflecting the high electricity price—haze and industrial steam merge with low clouds creating a claustrophobic canopy. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich earth tones, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.