Strong wind and moderate coal underpin a 72% renewable mix, but a 17 GW net import drives prices above 120 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 13%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 16%
72%
Renewable share
18.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
5.3 GW
Solar
41.7 GW
Total generation
-17.0 GW
Net import
122.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.6°C / 21 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
202
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.0 GW dominates the right half and extends into the background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers scattered across rolling green hills, their rotors spinning briskly in strong winds; brown coal 6.5 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy sky; solar 5.3 GW appears as mid-ground rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a gentle slope, their surfaces dull and reflective under flat grey light with no sunshine; natural gas 3.0 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks and a slim vapour trail, positioned centre-left; hard coal 2.2 GW sits beside the brown coal plant as a smaller station with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belts; wind offshore 2.8 GW is visible on the distant horizon as a cluster of turbines rising from a grey sea line; biomass 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall chimney and stacked timber logs in the yard; hydro 1.9 GW is depicted as a concrete run-of-river dam with white water cascading through sluice gates in the lower-left corner. Time is early dawn at 07:00 in June — the sky is a deep blue-grey pre-dawn wash with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight visible; cloud cover is total at 98%, creating a low oppressive ceiling of dark stratiform clouds pressing down on the scene. Temperature is a cool 11.6°C reflected in dew-laden grass, misty valleys, and lush early-summer foliage in deep greens. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, evoking the high electricity price — the air feels thick, weighted, almost suffocating. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour in muted tones of slate, pewter, olive and charcoal, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth with layered fog between the turbines and industrial structures, meticulous engineering accuracy on every nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. The composition reads as a monumental panoramic industrial landscape, sublime and melancholy. No text, no labels.