Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as wind collapses and near-freezing temperatures drive 12.9 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 27%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 22%
48%
Renewable share
4.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
13.6 GW
Solar
50.8 GW
Total generation
-12.9 GW
Net import
162.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
0.9°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
355
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with five hyperbolic cooling towers belching thick white steam plumes into the heavy overcast sky; natural gas 9.6 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks trailing thinner grey-white exhaust; hard coal 5.6 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial coal-fired station with rectangular chimney stacks and conveyor belts feeding coal hoppers; solar 13.6 GW stretches across the right third as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels reflecting only the dull grey of the completely overcast sky — no sunshine, no glare, panels grey and muted; wind onshore 4.4 GW appears as a sparse row of tall three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors virtually motionless in the dead-calm air; wind offshore 0.5 GW is barely suggested as tiny turbine silhouettes on the far horizon; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and single smokestack near the coal plant; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a frozen valley in the far background. The time is 8:00 AM in early March — full daylight but entirely diffused through 100% dense cloud cover, creating a flat, oppressive, shadowless grey light across the entire landscape. The temperature is near freezing: bare deciduous trees, patches of frost on brown dormant grass, a thin mist clinging to the ground. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, conveying the economic pressure of an extremely high electricity price. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons cross the middle ground, symbolising the massive import flows sustaining the grid. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich sombre colour palette of slate greys, iron browns, and cold blues, visible textured brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective with industrial haze softening distant elements — but with meticulous technical accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower parabolic curve, and PV panel frame. The scene feels monumental and oppressive, a masterwork industrial landscape. No text, no labels.