Wind leads at 21 GW but 14.3 GW net imports and heavy coal fill the evening demand gap under overcast skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 5%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 20%
62%
Renewable share
21.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.0 GW
Solar
44.4 GW
Total generation
14.4 GW
Net import
230.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 28.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
272
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.1 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills with late-summer foliage; wind offshore 5.9 GW appears as a cluster of turbines visible on a distant grey sea horizon at far right. Brown coal 8.9 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, flanked by conveyor belts carrying lignite. Hard coal 3.9 GW sits left of centre as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular chimneys and dark smoke. Natural gas 3.9 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT units with sleek single exhaust stacks and thin heat shimmer. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fed power station with a squat chimney and stacked timber nearby, placed in the middle ground. Solar 2.0 GW is shown as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre foreground, their surfaces dull and unreflective under the overcast sky. Hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with turbine housing nestled in a wooded valley at lower right. The sky is dusk at 18:00 in late September: a narrow band of deep orange-red glow along the lower western horizon rapidly giving way to heavy, oppressive 100% cloud cover in dark slate-grey tones overhead, conveying the high electricity price through atmospheric weight. Temperature is warm at 24.8°C so vegetation is lush green with the first hints of autumn yellowing. Light wind at 9.5 km/h causes gentle motion in grass and tree leaves. The scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of amber, slate, steel-grey and forest green, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze around the distant offshore turbines, meticulous engineering detail on every installation. No text, no labels.