Brown coal, wind, and gas anchor a 35.8 GW domestic supply against 57.7 GW demand, requiring heavy net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 4%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 22%
54%
Renewable share
12.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.3 GW
Solar
35.8 GW
Total generation
-21.9 GW
Net import
167.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.8°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95.0% / 52.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
327
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.0 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark overcast sky; natural gas 5.1 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; hard coal 3.5 GW sits behind them as a smaller conventional plant with a single large chimney and coal conveyor; wind onshore 10.6 GW spans the entire right half of the composition as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades turning slowly in moderate wind; wind offshore 1.4 GW appears as a small cluster of turbines visible on the far-right horizon above a distant grey sea; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and modest smokestack; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam and spillway nestled in a forested valley in the middle distance; solar 1.3 GW is shown as a small array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, dark and barely reflecting any light. Time is 20:00 in early June in central Germany — the sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remaining, heavy 95% cloud cover obscuring all stars; the scene is lit only by sodium-orange industrial lights on the power plants, red aviation warning lights on turbine nacelles, and warm glowing windows of a small village in the valley. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting high electricity prices — low thick clouds press down, the air is humid and warm at 21°C with lush green summer vegetation on the hillsides. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich dark colour palette of indigo, burnt sienna, and ochre, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro from artificial light sources against the dark overcast night, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.