Wind leads at 27.9 GW under full overcast; 7.1 GW net imports needed as solar remains minimal at dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 47%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 8%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 7%
80%
Renewable share
27.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.9 GW
Solar
46.4 GW
Total generation
-7.0 GW
Net import
105.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.1°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
130
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 21.7 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, stretching across rolling green hills into the atmospheric distance; wind offshore 6.2 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a grey sea inlet; natural gas 4.3 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT power plant with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin transparent heat shimmer; solar 3.9 GW is shown as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels in the left foreground, their surfaces dull and unreflective under the heavy clouds; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a small wood-chip power station with a rectangular stack and a wood pile beside it, left of centre; brown coal 3.1 GW sits in the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes that merge into the overcast; hard coal 1.9 GW is a smaller single-stack coal plant with a conveyor belt visible, tucked behind the cooling towers; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a small dam with spillway in the lower-left valley. Time of day: early dawn at 06:00, pre-sunrise — the sky is a deep blue-grey gradient, no direct sun visible, only the faintest pale luminescence on the eastern horizon behind dense 100% cloud cover. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and humid, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is cool at 10°C: lush mid-June vegetation but with morning dew and a chill mist hanging in the valleys. Turbine blades show moderate rotation blur from 7.3 km/h surface wind. Sodium streetlights still glow amber along a road in the foreground, transitioning from night to dawn. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — think Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich, moody colour palette of slate blues, cool greens, warm amber artificial lights, and white steam against grey sky, with visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective creating deep spatial recession, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.