Brown coal and solar dominate generation as near-zero wind forces heavy thermal dispatch and 13.8 GW of net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 1%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 38%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 28%
53%
Renewable share
1.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
15.7 GW
Solar
41.4 GW
Total generation
13.8 GW
Net import
181.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.9°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 198.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
341
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a dense cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into overcast sky; solar 15.7 GW fills the centre-right as an enormous field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle rolling farmland under diffuse grey daylight; natural gas 5.3 GW appears centre-left as three compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.8 GW sits behind the lignite complex as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and modest smokestack near the right edge; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a concrete run-of-river weir and powerhouse along a small river in the foreground; wind onshore 0.6 GW is a pair of distant three-blade turbines on a far ridge, rotors barely turning; wind offshore 0.6 GW suggested by a faint line of turbines on the hazy horizon. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, heavy and oppressive, no blue visible, a uniform blanket of warm grey pressing down — reflecting the 181 EUR/MWh price tension. Lighting is full diffuse October afternoon daylight at 16:00, no direct sun but adequate brightness, soft shadows. Vegetation is early-autumn — fields of stubble, trees just beginning to turn gold and amber, temperature around 19°C so foliage is lush but hinting at seasonal change. The air is still, almost no movement in grass or leaves, matching 4.5 km/h wind. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich muted earth tones, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every installation including turbine nacelles, lattice towers, PV panel grid patterns, cooling tower hyperbolic geometry with condensation drift. The scene conveys industrial weight and quiet tension beneath an oppressive autumn sky. No text, no labels, no people prominent.