Wind leads at 24.5 GW but 8.4 GW net imports needed as solar absent at pre-dawn, driving elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 21%
64%
Renewable share
24.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
45.6 GW
Total generation
8.4 GW
Net import
160.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.1°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
63.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
264
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.6 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling autumn hills, their blades barely turning in light 2.9 km/h winds; wind offshore 5.9 GW appears in the far right background as a distant cluster of turbines emerging from a grey North Sea horizon. Brown coal 9.8 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station complex with three hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white-grey steam plumes into the heavy sky. Natural gas 4.1 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 2.7 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired plant beside the lignite complex, with a single rectangular smokestack and coal conveyors. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with cylindrical wood-chip silos and a modest steam vent, positioned in the centre of the composition. Hydro 0.8 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with turbine housing along a river in the centre foreground. No solar panels anywhere — it is pre-dawn. The sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminescence on the eastern horizon suggesting first light at 06:00 in late September; 63% cloud cover forms a thick oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down, evoking the high electricity price. Temperature is 10.1°C autumn cool: grass is dew-covered, trees show early yellowing foliage, mist clings to the river valley. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with steel lattice pylons cross the scene, symbolizing import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, moody colour palette of slate blues, ochre browns, and industrial greys — with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro lighting from the industrial glow of the power stations against the dark pre-dawn sky. Meticulous engineering detail on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, and CCGT stacks. No text, no labels.