Brown coal and gas dominate under full overcast; weak wind and muted solar drive 10.7 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 17%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 24%
49%
Renewable share
3.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.8 GW
Solar
28.1 GW
Total generation
-10.7 GW
Net import
112.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.2°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
352
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.6 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast; natural gas 5.0 GW occupies the centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT power blocks with tall slim exhaust stacks venting pale heat haze; solar 4.8 GW appears centre-right as a broad field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels angled on a gentle hillside, their surfaces dull and reflectionless under the heavy cloud; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial plant with a cylindrical silo and low smokestack near the gas units; wind onshore 3.0 GW fills the right portion as a row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning very slowly in light air; hard coal 2.7 GW appears behind the brown coal as a single large boiler house with a rectangular chimney trailing thin smoke; hydro 1.7 GW is a small concrete run-of-river dam in the foreground with water spilling over; wind offshore 0.5 GW is suggested by two distant turbines on a hazy horizon line. The sky is dawn at 06:00 in late June — a pale, cold blue-grey pre-dawn glow low on the eastern horizon transitioning to heavy dark slate-grey cloud cover that blankets the entire sky, oppressive and unbroken, conveying the high electricity price. Temperature is mild at 19°C; lush green deciduous trees and tall summer grasses frame the foreground. No direct sunlight anywhere. The landscape is a broad German river valley with gentle rolling hills. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, moody colour palette of greys, steel blues, muted greens, and warm industrial ochres from sodium lights still glowing on plant structures; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of mist and steam; meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, panel arrays, and exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.