Brown coal leads at 6.4 GW as fading solar and light winds drive high evening imports of 19.3 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 18%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 22%
54%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
5.1 GW
Solar
28.4 GW
Total generation
-19.3 GW
Net import
138.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
25.0% / 93.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
327
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dusk sky; solar 5.1 GW appears in the lower centre-left as rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels catching the last amber rays of the setting sun; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a wood-fired industrial plant with a tall rectangular stack and conveyor belts in the centre; onshore wind 3.9 GW occupies the right-centre as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in light breeze; natural gas 3.4 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with single polished exhaust stacks and modest heat shimmer to the right of the biomass plant; hard coal 3.2 GW sits behind the brown coal as a smaller conventional power station with a square chimney and coal stockpile; hydro 1.4 GW is visible in the far right as a concrete dam with a thin veil of water spilling over its face; offshore wind 0.6 GW is suggested on the distant horizon as tiny turbine silhouettes over a faint blue-grey sea line. TIME AND LIGHT: 19:00 in May, late dusk — the sky is a gradient from a narrow band of deep orange-red along the lower western horizon up through dusky violet to darkening blue overhead; the last direct sunlight is nearly gone, objects lit mostly by warm residual glow and the first hint of artificial sodium-orange lighting on the industrial facilities. WEATHER: 17°C late spring, lush green vegetation and full-leaf deciduous trees in foreground meadows, 25% cloud cover as scattered cumulus tinged pink and gold at their bases. ATMOSPHERE: heavy, almost oppressive warmth in the air suggesting expensive, strained conditions — a faint industrial haze hangs between the cooling towers and the viewer. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing horizon and the darkening sky, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower's parabolic curve, every PV panel's aluminium frame. Deep atmospheric perspective with layered recession of industrial elements into haze. No text, no labels.