Brown coal and gas dominate as fading solar and moderate wind leave Germany importing nearly 10 GW at peak evening demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 9%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 31%
42%
Renewable share
8.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.5 GW
Solar
41.1 GW
Total generation
-9.8 GW
Net import
146.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.1°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
79% / 29.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
416
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into an overcast sky; wind onshore 7.4 GW occupies the right quarter as a long row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers spread across rolling green-brown early-spring hills, blades turning in moderate wind; natural gas 6.0 GW appears centre-left as three compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 5.1 GW sits behind the gas units as two squat industrial boiler buildings with brick chimneys trailing grey smoke; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip gasification plant with a conical fuel silo and low steam vent; solar 3.5 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre-right foreground, their surfaces dull and unreflective under heavy clouds; wind offshore 0.7 GW is barely visible as two distant turbines on the far-right horizon line suggesting a North Sea coast; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam with a thin waterfall tucked into a valley on the far left. Time of day is 17:00 in late March in central Germany — dusk is beginning, with a narrow band of orange-red glow along the lower western horizon, the sky above transitioning rapidly from slate-grey overcast to darkening blue-grey; the cloud cover is roughly 79%, heavy and layered. The atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting the 146 EUR/MWh price — low haze clings to the industrial structures, the air thick with moisture and particulates. Early-spring vegetation: bare deciduous trees with the first hints of green buds, brown grass, patches of mud. Temperature around 9°C gives a chill dampness. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, sombre colour palette of umber, ochre, Prussian blue, and muted orange; visible impasto brushwork on the steam plumes and clouds; atmospheric depth with industrial structures receding into haze; meticulous engineering detail on each turbine nacelle, each cooling tower's hyperbolic curve, each PV panel frame. The composition evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime scale but applied to the modern industrial energy landscape. No text, no labels, no human figures.