Brown coal, solar, and gas dominate as weak winds and high demand drive 16.4 GW of net imports at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 30%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 20%
56%
Renewable share
3.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
11.8 GW
Solar
39.1 GW
Total generation
-16.4 GW
Net import
129.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
65% / 294.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
306
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.9 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising against a darkening sky; solar 11.8 GW fills the centre-right foreground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels catching the last orange-red glow of dusk; natural gas 6.3 GW appears centre-left as a group of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with cylindrical digesters and a modest stack; wind onshore 3.4 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in light wind; hard coal 3.2 GW sits beside the brown coal complex as a conventional boiler house with a rectangular chimney and coal conveyor belt; hydro 1.6 GW is a small concrete dam structure with spillway visible at the far right edge near a river; wind offshore 0.3 GW is a faint pair of turbines on the far horizon line over water. The sky is a dusk scene at 18:00 in late April — the lower horizon glows deep orange-red fading to amber, transitioning rapidly upward through salmon pink into a heavy, oppressive blue-grey overcast at 65% cloud cover, with broken gaps revealing the last direct sunlight at a low angle. The atmosphere feels weighty and pressured, reflecting high electricity prices — haze and industrial steam mingle in the mid-distance, creating a dense, brooding mood. Spring vegetation is lush green — deciduous trees in fresh leaf, meadow grass bright — at 17°C with gentle warmth. The air is nearly still with only 8.5 km/h breeze, so smoke and steam rise almost vertically. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, luminous chiaroscuro between the glowing dusk horizon and the shadowed industrial foreground. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors on lattice or tubular towers, PV panel grid patterns, cooling tower parabolic profiles with condensation plumes, CCGT stacks with heat exchangers visible. The composition balances sublime natural light against monumental industrial presence. No text, no labels.