Wind and coal anchor domestic supply while 22 GW of net imports fill the evening demand gap under overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 14%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 19%
59%
Renewable share
13.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
5.8 GW
Solar
41.2 GW
Total generation
-22.0 GW
Net import
134.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
92.0% / 69.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
299
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; hard coal 5.9 GW sits just right of centre as a large coal-fired plant with tall chimneys and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; wind onshore 9.9 GW spans the right third of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers spread across rolling green spring hills, blades turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.6 GW appears on the far right horizon as a line of turbines standing in a grey sea glimpsed through a valley; solar 5.8 GW occupies the centre-right foreground as extensive rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a gently sloping meadow, reflecting dim diffused light; natural gas 3.1 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer near the coal complex; biomass 4.1 GW is represented as a medium-sized wood-chip-fed power station with a domed fuel storage and thin smoke trail, nestled between the coal plant and the wind farm; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river dam with white water cascading, visible in the lower-left foreground. The sky is dusk at 18:00 in early April — a rapidly fading orange-red glow clings to the low western horizon while the upper sky darkens to slate grey and deep blue-grey, heavy with 92% cloud cover pressing down oppressively, suggesting the high electricity price. The landscape is early-spring central German terrain: fresh pale-green grass, bare-branched oaks just beginning to bud, muddy fields. Temperature around 13°C gives a cool, damp atmosphere with faint mist in the valleys. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines on steel pylons run prominently through the middle ground, symbolising the heavy import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of ochres, slate blues, and muted greens, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with aerial perspective fading distant turbines into haze. Every technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor profiles, nacelle housings, cooling tower parabolic geometry, PV panel grid patterns. The mood is weighty and industrial yet beautiful — a masterwork painting of the modern energy landscape at twilight. No text, no labels.