Brown coal and gas dominate as low wind, no sun, and high demand drive 14 GW net imports and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 1%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 30%
44%
Renewable share
11.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.5 GW
Solar
40.3 GW
Total generation
-13.9 GW
Net import
138.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.0°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
408
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.0 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 8.5 GW occupies the right quarter as a row of large three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning very slowly on a distant ridge; natural gas 5.8 GW appears centre-right as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.9 GW sits centre-left as a large coal-fired station with boxy boiler houses and a tall chimney trailing dark smoke; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial plant with rounded digesters and a modest stack; wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested by distant turbines barely visible on a far grey horizon line; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small dam structure with cascading water at far right; solar 0.5 GW is a tiny patch of dark, inactive PV panels on a rooftop, barely visible. The sky is a dusk scene at 18:00 in late March near Berlin — the lower horizon glows a dim orange-red band rapidly fading, while the upper sky darkens to deep slate grey under total 100% cloud cover, heavy and oppressive atmosphere suggesting high electricity prices. The landscape is late-winter central German terrain: bare deciduous trees, brown dormant grass, patches of old snow at 3°C, flat to gently rolling terrain. The air is still, almost no motion in vegetation, reflecting 1.6 km/h wind at ground level. A few sodium streetlights begin to flicker on in a small town in the middle distance, warm amber glow against the cold twilight. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layered clouds, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the darkening sky. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology: visible turbine nacelles and blade pitch mechanisms, aluminium-framed PV modules, reinforced concrete cooling towers with correct proportions, CCGT gas turbine housings. The mood is sombre, weighty, industrially sublime. No text, no labels.