Brown coal and gas dominate as full cloud cover and high demand drive heavy imports and a 272 EUR/MWh price.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 8%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 27%
46%
Renewable share
8.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.9 GW
Solar
36.1 GW
Total generation
-21.7 GW
Net import
271.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.5°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 38.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
374
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a dark overcast sky, each tower rendered with precise concrete shell ribbing and condensation trails; natural gas 6.8 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; onshore wind 6.9 GW spans the centre-right as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers along a low ridge, blades turning slowly in moderate wind; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a short stack and warm amber glow from its furnace building; hard coal 2.9 GW sits behind the lignite complex as a single large stack with visible flue gas; solar 2.9 GW is represented by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the near foreground, their surfaces dull and reflectionless under the overcast; offshore wind 1.1 GW is a faint silhouette of turbines on the far horizon; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam and spillway in the distant right valley. The sky is completely overcast at 100% cloud cover, heavy and oppressive, coloured deep slate-grey to charcoal, pressing down on the landscape; the time is 20:00 in late June in Germany so the sky retains only the faintest bruised twilight glow at the western horizon, otherwise near-dark, with all facilities illuminated by artificial sodium and LED lighting casting orange and white pools. The air feels hot and humid at 26.5 °C, summer foliage on deciduous trees is lush dark green, grass is thick. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, conveying the tension of a high-price hour. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.