Wind, diffuse solar, and brown coal lead generation under full overcast, with ~10 GW net imports bridging the gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 26%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 19%
68%
Renewable share
10.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
9.6 GW
Solar
36.5 GW
Total generation
10.2 GW
Net import
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Day-ahead price
18.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
243
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.0 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the grey sky; wind onshore 8.9 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers scattered across gentle green rolling hills, blades turning slowly in light breeze; solar 9.6 GW appears across the centre-left foreground as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels reflecting only dull grey light, no sunshine visible; hard coal 3.2 GW sits behind the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional power station with tall chimneys and a coal conveyor belt; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-ground cluster of industrial biogas facilities with rounded digesters and small exhaust stacks; wind offshore 1.6 GW appears as a distant line of turbines on the far-right horizon suggesting a North Sea coast; natural gas 1.6 GW is a compact CCGT plant with a single sleek exhaust stack near the hard coal station; hydro 1.0 GW is a small concrete dam structure with cascading water in the far left background. The sky is entirely overcast with a flat, heavy blanket of uniform grey stratus clouds at 100% coverage, no blue patches, no sun disc visible; the light is diffuse, soft, and flat, consistent with 16:00 daytime under total overcast — everything evenly lit without shadows. The season is early autumn, vegetation is still mostly green but with first hints of yellowing at leaf edges. The atmosphere feels calm and neutral, reflecting the 0.0 EUR/MWh price — no oppression, no drama, just a quiet industrial equilibrium. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich layered colour despite the grey palette, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with receding planes of haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and PV panel frame. No text, no labels.