Brown coal, wind, and gas dominate as overcast skies and high evening demand drive imports and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 12%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 19%
57%
Renewable share
14.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
5.2 GW
Solar
44.4 GW
Total generation
-15.2 GW
Net import
137.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.5°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
295
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers exhaling thick white steam plumes into heavy air; natural gas 6.6 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial complex with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts; wind onshore 9.6 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 4.4 GW is visible in the far right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a grey sea on the horizon; solar 5.2 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and unreflective under the overcast; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a wood-clad biomass plant with a small chimney near the centre; hydro 1.7 GW is a small dam and spillway in the lower foreground with flowing water. The sky is entirely covered in dense, low, oppressive grey clouds with no break whatsoever — an orange-red glow barely clings to the lower horizon at far left as dusk fades at 18:00 in early May, the upper sky darkening to slate grey. The atmosphere feels heavy and pressured, matching the high electricity price. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass, budding deciduous trees — at 11.5°C. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, luminous chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the darkening sky. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, rotor blades, cooling tower geometry, and panel framing. No text, no labels.