Brown coal and imports dominate as overcast skies and moderate wind leave a 21 GW domestic generation shortfall.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 13%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 25%
55%
Renewable share
7.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.1 GW
Solar
31.8 GW
Total generation
-21.3 GW
Net import
128.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.2°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
319
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy sky; natural gas 4.8 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; wind onshore 6.9 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across rolling green hills, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 0.9 GW appears as a faint cluster of turbines on the distant horizon; solar 4.1 GW is rendered as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and reflecting only flat grey light, no sunshine; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a compact wood-chip plant with a single smokestack and fuel storage domes near the centre; hard coal 1.9 GW sits behind the lignite plant as a smaller conventional boiler house with a single rectangular stack; hydro 1.7 GW is shown as a concrete run-of-river weir with churning white water in the lower foreground. Time is 06:00 in mid-June: the sky shows the faintest pre-dawn luminosity—a pale steel-blue band along the eastern horizon beneath a vast 99% overcast ceiling of dense, low stratus clouds pressing down oppressively. No direct sunlight, no warm tones. Temperature is a cool 8°C: lush green summer vegetation glistens with morning dew and mist clings to valley floors. The atmosphere feels heavy, pressured, and expensive—haze and industrial vapour blend with the low cloud base. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the murky distance, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters—Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric grandeur merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision—rich dark greens, slate greys, and ivory steam plumes rendered with visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and panel frame. No text, no labels.