Brown coal and wind lead generation as heavy overcast and large net imports drive prices above 216 EUR/MWh.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
44%
Renewable share
12.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.8 GW
Total generation
15.5 GW
Net import
216.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.6°C / 2 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
388
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.3 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 sky; wind onshore 9.2 GW spans the centre-right background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers spread across gently rolling agricultural hills, rotors barely turning in the near-still air; natural gas 7.0 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; hard coal 3.8 GW sits beside the lignite station as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single square chimney trailing dark smoke; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed industrial facility with a modest stack and steam wisp at the far right; wind offshore 2.9 GW is suggested by distant turbines visible on a grey North Sea horizon glimpsed through a gap between hills; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a wooded valley in the far right foreground. The lighting is early dawn at 06:00 in late September — the sky is deep blue-grey with no direct sunlight, only the faintest pale glow along the eastern horizon beneath a solid 100% overcast ceiling; no solar panels anywhere. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low mist clings to the ground, the clouds press down. Vegetation is early-autumn transitional: some leaves turning gold and russet, fields harvested, grass damp. Temperature around 14°C gives a cool, moist texture to the air. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of slate greys, ochres, umbers, and muted greens, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.