Brown coal, gas, and hard coal anchor generation as overcast skies and moderate wind force 25 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
50%
Renewable share
9.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.3 GW
Solar
35.7 GW
Total generation
-25.0 GW
Net import
163.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.5°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
351
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick steam plumes into heavy air; natural gas 5.4 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white streams; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a large coal plant with rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; wind onshore 8.1 GW spans the right third as roughly two dozen three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles spread across rolling green hills, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by a few turbines visible on the far-right horizon above a grey sea; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a cluster of industrial wood-fired CHP plants with squat stacks and timber yards in the centre foreground; hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far right; solar 2.3 GW is represented by a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting no sunlight. The sky is a heavy, oppressive blanket of 100% cloud cover at dusk — 19:00 in May — with only a thin band of fading orange-red glow barely visible along the lowest horizon, the rest a deepening grey-purple canopy pressing down on the landscape. The atmosphere feels dense, weighty, and brooding, conveying high electricity prices. Spring vegetation — fresh green meadows, leafy beech and birch trees — at 16.5°C, but muted under the dim, diffuse twilight. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines stride across the middle distance, symbolising the massive import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, saturated colour palette of umber, slate, ochre, and forest green; visible, textured brushwork; deep atmospheric perspective with industrial haze blending into low cloud; each power technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.