Brown coal and gas lead domestic generation as heavy cloud cover and light wind drive 18.3 GW net imports at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 14%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 22%
49%
Renewable share
5.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.6 GW
Solar
32.3 GW
Total generation
-18.4 GW
Net import
135.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.4°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
73.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
345
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.2 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the grey pre-dawn sky; natural gas 6.3 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; wind onshore 4.5 GW appears across the centre as a scattered line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in light breeze; solar 4.6 GW is rendered centre-right as rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a hillside, their surfaces dull and unreflective under dense overcast; biomass 3.7 GW sits as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a squat smokestack and fuel storage silos at right-centre; hard coal 2.8 GW appears right of the cooling towers as a traditional coal plant with conveyor belts and a single large chimney; hydro 1.7 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a forested valley at the far right; wind offshore 1.3 GW is suggested by distant turbines barely visible on a grey horizon line at far left. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn light at 06:00 in June — no direct sun visible, only the faintest pale glow along the eastern horizon beneath a thick 73% cloud layer that presses down oppressively, reflecting the 135 EUR/MWh price tension. Temperature is a cool 15°C; lush green mid-June vegetation covers rolling central German hills, with dew on grass. The atmosphere feels heavy, loaded, industrial. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower rib, every panel frame — a Romantic industrial landscape masterwork. No text, no labels.