Wind and brown coal anchor a 37.8 GW domestic mix as 16 GW net imports fill the gap under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 10%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 19%
65%
Renewable share
15.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.6 GW
Solar
37.8 GW
Total generation
-16.0 GW
Net import
131.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.9°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
251
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 10.2 GW dominates the right third of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills into the misty distance; wind offshore 5.1 GW appears in the far right background as a line of turbines rising from a grey North Sea horizon; brown coal 7.3 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, flanked by a sprawling open-pit lignite mine with terraced earth in ochre and grey; natural gas 3.9 GW sits left of centre as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin vapour; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered centre-left as a cluster of wood-clad industrial buildings with small chimneys and stacked timber; solar 3.6 GW appears in the centre foreground as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels reflecting only dull grey light; hard coal 2.1 GW is a smaller power station behind the gas units with a tall brick chimney and coal conveyor belt; hydro 1.8 GW is a concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley at far left. Time is early dawn at 06:00 in June — the sky is a deep blue-grey pre-dawn wash with the faintest pale light on the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm tones, full 100% cloud cover creating a heavy uniform ceiling of dark stratiform clouds pressing down oppressively. Temperature is cool at 8.9°C — lush early-summer vegetation but with morning dew and mist clinging to meadows. Light wind at 8 km/h gives gentle blade rotation. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, reflecting a high electricity price — the clouds feel thick and weighty, the air dense. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich visible brushwork, atmospheric depth, luminous treatment of the overcast sky in layers of grey and slate blue, meticulous engineering accuracy on all technology, dramatic chiaroscuro where artificial sodium-orange lights from the industrial plants contrast against the cold dawn. No text, no labels.