Brown coal leads generation at 8.5 GW as overcast skies and high demand drive 19.6 GW of net imports at 128.7 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 24%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
56%
Renewable share
7.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
9.4 GW
Solar
39.7 GW
Total generation
-19.6 GW
Net import
128.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.0°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 79.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
309
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#2
Dead Calm
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; solar 9.4 GW occupies the centre-left as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels reflecting muted grey light; wind onshore 6.0 GW spans the centre-right as rows of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers with blades turning gently; natural gas 4.9 GW appears centre-right as compact CCGT plant blocks with single tall exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.2 GW sits in the right-centre as a wood-clad industrial facility with a low smokestack and conveyor belts feeding wood chips; hard coal 3.8 GW stands right of centre as a coal-fired plant with rectangular chimneys and coal bunkers; hydro 1.7 GW is rendered far right as a concrete dam with spillway in a wooded valley; wind offshore 1.2 GW appears at the far-right horizon as distant turbines standing in hazy water. The sky is entirely overcast at 17:00 in early May — a dusk scene with a narrow band of deep orange-red glow along the lower horizon fading into heavy dove-grey and slate clouds above, casting a subdued, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 128.7 EUR/MWh price. The landscape is lush mid-spring central German rolling terrain with bright green fields, hedgerows, and scattered birch and oak trees in full leaf at 18°C. Blades turn at moderate speed in 14 km/h wind. Direct sunlight is nearly absent; diffuse ambient light illuminates the panels softly. Transmission pylons and high-voltage lines connect the facilities across the scene, suggesting large-scale power flow. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layered clouds, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and panel frame — a masterwork industrial landscape painting. No text, no labels.