Overcast morning: wind and solar lead at 63% renewables, but 10.8 GW net imports and high coal keep prices elevated.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 22%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 17%
63%
Renewable share
14.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
11.4 GW
Solar
50.8 GW
Total generation
-10.8 GW
Net import
141.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.3°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
254
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into low cloud, surrounded by open-pit lignite excavations with bucket-wheel excavators; hard coal 3.9 GW appears just right of centre-left as a smaller power station with rectangular chimney stacks and conveyor belts feeding coal hoppers; natural gas 6.3 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin grey plumes; wind onshore 11.2 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers spread across rolling green hills, blades turning very slowly in light wind; wind offshore 3.5 GW is visible as a distant line of turbines on the far horizon at the right edge; solar 11.4 GW appears as large arrays of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels across flat fields in the centre-right middle ground, their surfaces dark and reflective under grey light, producing power from diffuse radiation only — no direct sun visible; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and moderate steam stack near the centre; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river dam with sluice gates on a river winding through the foreground. Time of day is 08:00 — full daylight but entirely overcast with a heavy, uniform, oppressive grey-white cloud ceiling pressing low; no blue sky, no direct sunlight, no shadows on the ground; the atmosphere feels dense and weighty reflecting a high electricity price. The landscape is spring in central Germany — fresh green deciduous trees in early leaf, cool 12°C air suggested by dew on grass and faint mist near the river. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, PV panel frame, and smokestack. No text, no labels.