Brown coal, onshore wind, and solar lead generation as 18.3 GW of net imports cover an overcast evening shortfall.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 16%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 22%
61%
Renewable share
8.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
5.1 GW
Solar
31.5 GW
Total generation
-18.3 GW
Net import
141.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.7°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
279
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 6.8 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast; onshore wind 8.3 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across rolling green hills, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; solar 5.1 GW appears in the centre-left as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels reflecting only dull grey sky, no sunlight glinting; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a tall exhaust stack and wood-chip storage silos; natural gas 3.4 GW sits as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a smaller cooling unit emitting thin vapour; hard coal 2.0 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts; hydro 1.7 GW is shown as a modest dam and spillway nestled in a wooded valley at the far right edge; wind offshore 0.1 GW is barely hinted at as a single distant offshore turbine silhouette on a sliver of grey sea at the horizon. The sky is late dusk at 19:00 in late May — a thin band of warm amber-orange glow sits along the lowest horizon line, rapidly giving way to steel-grey and slate-blue overcast above, with 100% cloud cover creating a heavy oppressive ceiling reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is lush late-spring central German terrain: bright green deciduous forests, fresh meadow grass, wildflowers. Temperature 18.7°C suggests mild, humid air with a slight haze. The atmosphere is weighty and brooding, the clouds pressing down. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, chiaroscuro contrasts between the warm industrial glow and the darkening sky. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles and rotor hubs, PV panel grid lines, cooling tower parabolic profiles, conveyor structures. No text, no labels.