Brown coal leads at 7.5 GW with solar fading and ~24.7 GW net imports needed to meet 59 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 21%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 22%
56%
Renewable share
6.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
7.3 GW
Solar
34.3 GW
Total generation
-24.8 GW
Net import
148.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.5°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
80.0% / 80.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
301
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.5 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into overcast sky; solar 7.3 GW appears in the left-centre as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels catching the last diffused evening light; onshore wind 5.8 GW fills the centre as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice towers with blades turning in moderate wind; natural gas 5.6 GW sits right of centre as compact CCGT power blocks with slim exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a pair of industrial biogas facilities with squat cylindrical digesters and small chimneys; hard coal 1.9 GW shows as a single coal plant with conveyor belts and a rectangular stack trailing dark smoke; hydro 1.7 GW is a small dam and powerhouse at the far right with water flowing through spillways; offshore wind 0.5 GW is a handful of distant turbines on the far horizon. The sky is a late-dusk scene at 19:00 in June — the sun is very low, an orange-red glow lingers on the lower western horizon, while the upper sky is heavy with 80% grey cloud cover creating an oppressive, weighted atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is lush with green summer vegetation at 21.5°C — deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass, wildflowers at field edges. A moderate breeze bends the grass and moves the turbine blades visibly. Transmission towers and high-voltage lines cross the middle ground, symbolising the massive import flows. The overall mood is heavy and industrially grand. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, saturated colours, visible textured brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling towers, chiaroscuro from the fading dusk light. Each technology is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles and rotor hubs, panel junction boxes, cooling tower parabolic geometry, CCGT heat recovery units. No text, no labels.