Brown coal and wind lead generation as heavy imports cover a 22 GW shortfall at dusk under overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 15%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 26%
61%
Renewable share
10.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
5.5 GW
Solar
36.1 GW
Total generation
-22.1 GW
Net import
149.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.2°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
90.0% / 82.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
291
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into overcast sky; wind onshore 8.5 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers spread across rolling green hills with late-spring foliage; solar 5.5 GW appears in the centre-left foreground as rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels on a gentle slope, reflecting dull grey sky with almost no direct sunlight; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip silo and single smokestack emitting thin pale smoke, positioned centre-left behind the panels; wind offshore 2.4 GW is visible in the far right background as a line of turbines on the hazy horizon above a sliver of grey sea; natural gas 2.5 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and smaller heat-recovery unit, set between the coal complex and biomass plant; hard coal 2.2 GW shows as a smaller power station with a rectangular chimney and conveyor belt, adjacent to the brown coal towers on the left; hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir nestled in a valley in the far centre background. The sky is dusk at 19:00 in late May — a rapidly fading orange-red glow barely visible along the lower western horizon, the upper sky darkening to deep slate-grey and charcoal under 90% cloud cover, heavy and oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The temperature is mild at 17°C; trees and grass are lush spring green. Wind is light, turbine blades turning slowly. The mood is brooding but not apocalyptic — an industrial landscape at the threshold of night. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich, saturated colour, visible expressive brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.