Brown coal and wind lead generation while 17.4 GW of net imports fill the pre-dawn supply gap at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
47%
Renewable share
11.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.2 GW
Total generation
17.4 GW
Net import
211.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.9°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
45.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
377
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the heavy sky; wind onshore 9.2 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across rolling hills, rotors turning gently; natural gas 5.7 GW occupies the centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour; hard coal 3.6 GW appears centre-right as a blocky coal-fired station with rectangular stacks and coal conveyors; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fuelled plant with a modest smokestack and piled feedstock near the centre; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested by a row of turbines on the far-right horizon line above a faintly visible sea; hydro 0.8 GW appears as a small dam structure in the lower-right foreground. Time is 06:00 late September dawn: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no solar panels anywhere. Temperature near 10°C: early autumn landscape with yellowing leaves on scattered birch and beech trees, dew on grass, cool mist lingering in valleys. Cloud cover at 45% creates broken mid-level clouds lit faintly from below by the approaching dawn. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting a 211 EUR/MWh price—leaden tones, a brooding industrial weight pressing down on the landscape. High-voltage transmission lines with steel lattice pylons cross the middle ground, symbolising the heavy import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich, moody colour palette of slate blue, ochre, umber, and muted amber; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with misty recession into distant hills; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower fluting, CCGT stack, and coal conveyor. No text, no labels.