Brown coal leads at 10.6 GW; 11.7 GW net imports needed as evening demand outstrips domestic supply under overcast skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
47%
Renewable share
12.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.2 GW
Total generation
11.7 GW
Net import
210.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.4°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
384
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes glowing faintly under sodium-orange floodlights; wind onshore 6.7 GW appears as a scattered line of three-blade turbines on rolling hills in the centre-left middle distance, their red aviation warning lights blinking against a pitch-black sky; wind offshore 5.3 GW is suggested by distant clusters of turbine lights on the far horizon; natural gas 4.8 GW occupies the centre-right as a compact CCGT facility with two tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by white industrial lighting; hard coal 4.3 GW stands adjacent as a coal-fired station with a single large chimney and conveyor belts under yellow security lights; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a domed biogas digester and short stack, warmly lit; hydro 1.0 GW is a small concrete dam structure at the far right with water glinting under a single floodlight. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 99% cloud cover blocking all stars and moon, no twilight or sky glow whatsoever. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 210 EUR/MWh price — humid, dense air trapping the steam plumes low. Late-summer vegetation is lush green but barely visible in darkness, temperature mild at 19°C. Foreground shows a plowed field with faint dew. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the distance carrying imported power. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and sulfurous yellows, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.