Lignite, wind, and gas lead generation while 26.9 GW net imports fill a large evening supply gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 6%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 22%
48%
Renewable share
8.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.0 GW
Solar
34.8 GW
Total generation
-27.0 GW
Net import
194.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.5°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 117.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
363
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 a dusk sky; wind onshore 7.7 GW fills the right quarter as long rows of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades turning moderately in 15.7 km/h winds; natural gas 5.6 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.7 GW sits centre-right as a coal-fired station with shorter rectangular stacks and conveyor belts feeding fuel; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as medium-scale industrial plants with cylindrical digesters and modest chimneys with faint biogas flares nestled among trees; solar 2.0 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground catching the last low-angle orange light; hydro 1.3 GW is a concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley in the far distance; wind offshore 1.2 GW shows a handful of turbines on monopile foundations glimpsed through a hazy gap on the far horizon. The sky is a late-dusk April scene at 19:00 in central Germany — a narrow band of deep orange-red glowing along the low western horizon, the sky above rapidly darkening to deep indigo and charcoal, the first evening stars barely visible. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 194 EUR/MWh price — low brooding clouds tinged amber by the fading light press down on the industrial landscape. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass, budding deciduous trees at 14.5 °C, clear air with no rain. Sodium streetlights are just flickering on around the power stations. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with sfumato haze around distant towers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, PV cell grid pattern, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.