Brown coal, gas, and onshore wind lead a 34.6 GW supply requiring 21.3 GW net imports at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 28%
42%
Renewable share
8.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
34.6 GW
Total generation
-21.3 GW
Net import
250.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.9°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
92.0% / 9.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
398
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 the dark sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; onshore wind 7.4 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning at moderate speed, their aviation warning lights blinking red against the blackness; natural gas 7.3 GW appears centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by harsh industrial floodlights; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground biogas facility with cylindrical digesters and a small stack with a faint warm glow; hard coal 3.0 GW sits behind the lignite station as a smaller conventional boiler house with a single rectangular chimney trailing thin smoke; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the far right background with spillway lights reflecting in dark water; offshore wind 1.0 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of tiny red lights on the far horizon line representing turbines at sea; solar 0.3 GW is absent — no panels visible, no sunlight. The sky is fully dark, a deep navy-black, 92% cloud cover blocking stars except for a few faint pinpricks, the atmosphere heavy and oppressive reflecting the 250.5 EUR/MWh price. Temperature is 24.9°C — the air is warm, depicted through lush green deciduous trees in full summer leaf visible at the edges of industrial grounds, lit by amber streetlights. The ground is flat North German lowland. The mood is tense and industrial. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and industrial greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling towers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib structure, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.