Brown coal and gas dominate as low wind, zero solar, and heavy imports drive prices above 138 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 3%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 25%
48%
Renewable share
7.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.8 GW
Solar
27.2 GW
Total generation
-18.9 GW
Net import
138.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.6°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
361
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; natural gas 4.9 GW occupies the center-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; wind onshore 4.1 GW appears as a row of five three-blade turbines on a low ridge in the center-right, rotors barely turning in near-calm air; wind offshore 3.1 GW is suggested by distant turbines on a grey horizon line over a sliver of North Sea visible through a valley gap; biomass 3.5 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with pale exhaust, placed right of center; hard coal 2.3 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a single square cooling tower at far left; hydro 1.5 GW is depicted as a concrete dam with modest spillway in the right foreground beside a dark river; solar 0.8 GW appears only as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the near foreground, completely dark and reflecting no light. Time is 05:00 pre-dawn in early June: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale band of light along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm tones — the landscape is illuminated only by sodium-orange industrial lighting from the power stations and cool pre-dawn ambient glow. Full 100% cloud cover creates a low, heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down on the scene, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is a cool 8.6°C; lush green early-summer vegetation — grass, birch and beech trees — glistens with morning dew but appears muted and grey-green in the dim light. Wind is nearly still at 2 km/h: no motion in trees, smoke plumes rise nearly vertically. A dark river winds through the foreground reflecting the industrial sodium lights. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, moody colour palette of deep blues, steel greys, warm sodium oranges, and cool greens; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with haze and mist between the industrial structures; meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. The mood is somber, weighty, industrial sublime. No text, no labels.