Brown coal and onshore wind lead a 26.8 GW domestic mix; heavy imports cover 19.4 GW shortfall under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 2%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 27%
46%
Renewable share
6.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.5 GW
Solar
26.8 GW
Total generation
-19.4 GW
Net import
135.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.9°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
376
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky; onshore wind 6.0 GW spans the right quarter as a line of tall three-blade turbines on a low ridge, rotors turning slowly; natural gas 5.1 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and a modest smokestack; hard coal 2.3 GW sits beside the lignite complex as a smaller coal plant with a conveyor belt and stockpile; hydro 1.6 GW appears in the foreground as a river weir with turbine house and white water; offshore wind 0.4 GW is barely visible as a distant pair of turbines on a hazy horizon line; solar 0.5 GW is a small cluster of aluminium-framed crystalline panels on a field edge, dark and inert, receiving no light. Time is 05:00 in early June: the sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn, no direct sunlight, only the faintest pale band of cold light on the eastern horizon; the landscape is otherwise lit by sodium-orange industrial lighting from the power plants. Full 100% cloud cover creates a heavy, oppressive low ceiling of stratus clouds pressing down. Temperature is mild at 15°C; lush green summer vegetation — tall grasses, deciduous trees in full leaf — lines the river and field margins. Wind speed is light at 6 km/h, causing only gentle blade rotation and slight grass movement. The atmosphere feels dense and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, slate grey, burnt umber, and sodium orange; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric sfumato in the steam plumes; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack; dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the dark pre-dawn landscape. No text, no labels.