Brown coal and gas anchor a 34.6 GW supply as overcast skies and moderate wind leave Germany importing nearly 20 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 9%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
48%
Renewable share
7.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.1 GW
Solar
34.6 GW
Total generation
-20.0 GW
Net import
152.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.4°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
365
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes into heavy grey air; onshore wind 7.4 GW fills the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades turning in moderate breeze; natural gas 5.8 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes; hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the lignite station as a smaller coal plant with rectangular boiler house and conveyor belt carrying dark fuel; biomass 4.1 GW occupies the centre as a cluster of industrial biomass facilities with cylindrical wood-pellet silos and modest chimneys; solar 3.1 GW appears as a modest array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and grey reflecting no sunlight under total overcast; hydro 1.4 GW shows as a concrete run-of-river dam with spillway in the lower right near a small river; offshore wind 0.4 GW is barely visible as a few distant turbines on the far horizon. Time of day is 06:00 dawn in mid-May: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale pre-dawn luminance along the eastern horizon, no direct sun visible, all light diffuse and cold. Temperature 7.4°C: spring vegetation is fresh green but subdued, dew on grass, breath-like condensation around structures. Cloud cover is absolute — a low, unbroken ceiling of stratus in slate grey that presses down on the landscape, creating an oppressive heavy atmosphere reflecting the 152.5 EUR/MWh price. Power lines on steel pylons thread through the entire scene connecting all facilities. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour in muted greens, greys, and steel blues, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower cross-section, and panel frame. The painting conveys the industrial sublime of a nation's grid labouring under grey skies. No text, no labels.