Brown coal and gas dominate as weak wind and fading solar drive 18.4 GW net imports at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 15%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 25%
47%
Renewable share
2.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.4 GW
Solar
28.5 GW
Total generation
-18.4 GW
Net import
150.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.2°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 29.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
369
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes into the overcast sky; natural gas 5.3 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of industrial boiler buildings with wood-chip conveyors and modest chimneys releasing pale smoke; solar 4.4 GW is rendered as extensive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and reflective-grey under the heavy clouds, catching no direct sunlight; hard coal 2.7 GW sits behind the gas plant as a coal-fired station with a single large stack and visible coal bunkers; wind onshore 2.3 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in the light 6.7 km/h breeze; hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure visible in a valley at far right; wind offshore 0.5 GW is represented by two or three tiny turbines on the far horizon line. The sky is completely overcast at 100% cloud cover, painted in oppressive tones of slate-grey and muted pewter reflecting the 150.3 EUR/MWh price tension. The time is 19:00 in late April — dusk lighting with a thin band of fading amber-orange glow barely visible along the lowest horizon, the upper sky darkening rapidly to deep grey-blue. Spring vegetation is fresh green but muted in the dimming light, with birch and linden trees in early leaf. The atmosphere feels heavy and close at 14.2°C. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons cross the scene, symbolising the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of greys, ochres, and muted greens, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every installation. No text, no labels.