Wind onshore leads at 13.1 GW but heavy brown coal and net imports fill the gap under full overcast.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 39%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 28%
58%
Renewable share
14.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.5 GW
Total generation
6.9 GW
Net import
159.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.4°C / 3 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
315
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast; wind onshore 13.1 GW spans the right half and middle distance as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers spread across rolling hills, blades turning slowly in light wind; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall rectangular stack and wood-chip storage silos in the centre-left; natural gas 2.7 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single gleaming exhaust stack and visible heat-recovery unit near the centre; hard coal 2.0 GW sits behind the brown coal station as a smaller plant with a single rectangular chimney and coal conveyors; wind offshore 1.6 GW is barely visible on the far-right horizon as a faint cluster of offshore turbines at the edge of a grey sea; hydro 0.8 GW appears as a small concrete dam with a thin cascade in the right foreground valley. The sky is pre-dawn at 06:00 in late September: deep blue-grey with no direct sunlight, the first faint pale luminescence along the eastern horizon barely distinguishing cloud from sky, 99 percent cloud cover forming a thick oppressive blanket of stratus. No solar panels anywhere — zero solar generation. The atmosphere is heavy, moody, and slightly menacing, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is a cool 10°C; vegetation shows early autumn tones — fading greens with hints of amber and rust on deciduous trees, dew on grass. Surface wind is nearly calm at 2.9 km/h so foreground grasses are still. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark colour palette of slate blues, charcoal greys, muted ochres, and warm amber from industrial lighting; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with mist in valleys; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. Sodium-orange industrial lighting glows from the power stations. No text, no labels.