Wind at 27.6 GW leads a heavily overcast evening grid, with coal and gas filling the narrow residual load gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 22%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 10%
80%
Renewable share
27.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
12.2 GW
Solar
56.6 GW
Total generation
-0.9 GW
Net import
78.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.3°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 36.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
138
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 23.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles, stretching across rolling green hills into the hazy distance; wind offshore 4.0 GW appears as a cluster of turbines on a far grey horizon line above a sliver of sea; solar 12.2 GW is rendered as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces reflecting only dull grey light under complete overcast; brown coal 5.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; natural gas 3.6 GW sits beside the coal plant as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a visible heat-recovery steam generator; hard coal 1.9 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular boiler house and a tapered chimney with a thin smoke trail; biomass 3.7 GW is represented by a mid-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and wood-chip conveyors near the wind turbines; hydro 1.9 GW shows as a concrete run-of-river dam with a modest spillway in a valley bottom at far left. The sky is entirely overcast with heavy, layered stratus clouds in slate-grey and pewter tones pressing low, creating a slightly oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 78.9 EUR/MWh price; the lighting is late dusk at 17:00 Berlin time in June—a dim orange-red glow barely visible along the lower western horizon, the upper sky darkening toward blue-grey, all surfaces lit in muted amber-grey transitional light. Lush mid-June vegetation: tall green grasses, wildflowers, deciduous trees in full leaf swaying in moderate wind. Temperature is mild at 18°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, dramatic chiaroscuro in the cloud layers, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, cooling tower surface texture, and PV panel cell pattern. The painting conveys the monumental industrial sublime. No text, no labels.