Overcast evening: wind and fading solar lead domestically, but 14.9 GW net imports bridge high demand as brown coal persists.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 28%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 19%
71%
Renewable share
12.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
12.3 GW
Solar
43.2 GW
Total generation
-14.9 GW
Net import
130.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.0°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 89.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
218
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
A panoramic German industrial landscape rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, set at 18:00 in late May—dusk light with a rapidly fading orange-red glow along the lower horizon, darkening steel-grey overcast sky above, no blue visible, oppressive heavy atmosphere reflecting high electricity prices. Solar 12.3 GW occupies the near foreground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling green farmland, their surfaces reflecting the dim grey sky with no direct sunlight. Wind onshore 10.5 GW fills the middle-right as dozens of towering three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers, blades turning at moderate speed in the 16.8 km/h breeze, scattered across crop fields with lush late-spring vegetation. Wind offshore 2.4 GW appears as a smaller cluster of taller turbines visible on a distant grey horizon line suggesting the North Sea. Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left-centre background as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers issuing thick white-grey steam plumes that merge into the overcast ceiling, conveyor belts carrying dark brown lignite visible at the plant base. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as two mid-sized industrial facilities with rounded digesters and modest exhaust stacks amid wooded surroundings in the mid-ground left. Natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a compact modern CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and a clean rectangular turbine hall, positioned centre-left. Hard coal 2.0 GW shows as a smaller conventional power station with a single large chimney and coal bunkers, right of the gas plant. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and reservoir nestled in a wooded valley at the far right edge. High-voltage transmission lines on steel lattice pylons cross the entire scene, emphasizing interconnection and the heavy import requirement. The overall mood is weighty and industrial yet beautiful—rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, warm amber tones near the horizon fading to dark slate above, luminous detail on every cooling tower rivet and turbine nacelle. No text, no labels.