Brown coal, gas, and wind lead generation as 9.7 GW of net imports bridge an evening demand gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 13%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 20%
49%
Renewable share
12.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
6.3 GW
Solar
48.9 GW
Total generation
-9.8 GW
Net import
134.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.9°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
79% / 82.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
348
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.8 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into an overcast sky; natural gas 9.1 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; wind onshore 9.3 GW stretches across the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers scattered across rolling green spring farmland, blades turning slowly in moderate wind; solar 6.3 GW appears in the right foreground as broad fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels angled toward the fading western light; hard coal 6.0 GW sits behind the lignite plant as a large coal-fired station with rectangular box boilers and a single tall chimney trailing dark exhaust; wind offshore 2.8 GW is visible on the far-right horizon as a line of turbines emerging from a misty sea; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack with pale vapour; hydro 1.1 GW is rendered as a small concrete run-of-river dam on a stream in the lower-right foreground. Time of day is 18:00 Berlin in early April dusk: the lower western horizon glows deep orange-red while the upper sky darkens rapidly to steel blue-grey, with 79% cloud cover creating heavy layered stratus that presses down on the landscape. The atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price — haze and industrial vapour thicken the air. Temperature is 12.9°C in early spring: grass is fresh green but trees show only the first hints of budding leaves. Moderate wind bends the grass gently. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour palette of amber, slate, and muted green; visible confident brushwork with impasto highlights on steam plumes and sunset glow; deep atmospheric perspective with layers of industrial haze receding toward the horizon. Every energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor profiles, nacelle housings, lattice towers, cooling tower parabolic curves, PV panel grid lines. The scene feels monumental and contemplative — an industrial sublime landscape as a masterwork painting. No text, no labels.