Brown coal dominates at 9.4 GW as overcast skies and near-calm winds suppress renewable output, pushing prices high.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 13%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 30%
40%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.0 GW
Solar
31.4 GW
Total generation
+31.4 GW
Net export
144.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.5°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
421
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising vertically in the still air, surrounded by open-pit mine terrain; natural gas 5.6 GW fills the center-left as two compact CCGT plant blocks with slim exhaust stacks emitting thin heat haze; hard coal 3.7 GW appears center-right as a traditional coal power station with a large boiler house, conveyor belts, and a single tall chimney trailing dark smoke; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with rounded digesters and a modest stack near the hard coal plant; solar 4.0 GW appears as a field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the right foreground, their surfaces dull and reflective-grey under the heavy overcast, catching no direct light; wind onshore 2.2 GW shows as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a low ridge at right, their rotors nearly motionless in the dead-calm air; wind offshore 1.0 GW is suggested by distant turbines barely visible on a grey horizon line at far right; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam with water spilling into a river in the far right background. The sky is dawn at 06:00 in late May — a pale blue-grey pre-dawn light seeping from the east, no direct sun visible, the entire sky blanketed in thick, low, unbroken stratus clouds pressing down oppressively. The atmosphere feels heavy, humid, and stagnant at 10.5°C — spring foliage on scattered birch and linden trees is fresh green but muted under the flat light. No wind disturbs the trees or grass. The overall mood is weighty and industrial, with the enormous cooling tower plumes dominating the composition. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of slate greys, ochres, and muted greens, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze softening the distant turbines. Meticulous engineering detail on every installation — lattice tower bases, nacelle housings, panel racking, cooling tower ribbing. No text, no labels.