Strong onshore wind and persistent brown coal dominate a net-exporting, overcast autumn morning at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 10%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 15%
68%
Renewable share
33.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
6.3 GW
Solar
66.0 GW
Total generation
+5.8 GW
Net export
173.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.0°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
86.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
223
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 28.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with white lattice towers receding across rolling green-brown autumn farmland, blades visibly turning in moderate wind. Brown coal 9.9 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes that merge with the overcast sky. Natural gas 6.9 GW appears as a group of compact CCGT power plants with tall slender exhaust stacks and smaller vapour trails, positioned centre-left. Hard coal 4.3 GW is rendered as a dark brick-and-steel power station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney stack, slightly behind the gas plants. Solar 6.3 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre foreground, their surfaces dull and reflective-grey under heavy clouds, catching no direct sunlight. Biomass 4.2 GW is a wooden-clad facility with a short smokestack and stacked timber nearby, positioned in the right foreground. Hydro 0.9 GW is a small run-of-river weir visible at the bottom edge of the scene along a modest river. Wind offshore 4.8 GW appears as a faint row of turbines on the distant horizon line. The sky is 86% overcast: a thick, heavy blanket of stratocumulus in pewter and slate grey, oppressive and low-hanging, with only faint diffuse daylight filtering through — an 08:00 autumn morning with full but muted illumination and no visible sun or blue sky. The atmosphere feels heavy and pressurised, reflecting the high electricity price. Vegetation is early-autumn: fields of stubble and fading green, some yellowing deciduous trees at field margins. Temperature around 13°C suggested by light mist in low areas. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame — a monumental industrial landscape rendered as fine art. No text, no labels.