Brown coal, wind, and hard coal lead generation as subfreezing overcast drives 8.8 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 25%
49%
Renewable share
12.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.1 GW
Solar
38.1 GW
Total generation
-8.8 GW
Net import
115.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
-0.7°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
94.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
366
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left third of the canvas as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into frigid air; hard coal 5.2 GW sits just right of centre as a pair of dark industrial boiler houses with tall rectangular stacks trailing grey smoke; natural gas 4.8 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with slender single exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; wind onshore 9.4 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers arrayed across low rolling hills, rotors turning slowly in moderate wind; wind offshore 2.9 GW is suggested by a row of turbines visible on the far-right horizon over a grey estuary; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fuelled CHP plant with a modest stack and steam wisps near the coal complex; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with churning white water in the middle distance; solar 1.1 GW is represented by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, their surfaces dark and reflective under heavy cloud, generating almost nothing. The time is early dawn at 07:00 in late March: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight visible, 94% cloud cover forming a thick oppressive blanket of stratocumulus. Temperature is below zero: frost coats the dead brown grass and bare deciduous trees, breath-like mist rises from the river. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, reflecting the high electricity price — a weighty, pressured industrial morning. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen: rich dark earth tones, deep blues and slate greys, luminous steam against the cold sky, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective lending depth across the vast industrial-rural panorama. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and PV panel frame. No text, no labels.