Brown coal, solar, and wind lead generation as heat-driven demand and heavy imports push prices to 138 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 24%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 21%
66%
Renewable share
8.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
7.5 GW
Solar
31.6 GW
Total generation
-20.4 GW
Net import
138.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
32.1°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 230.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
249
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.6 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes against the overcast sky; solar 7.5 GW occupies the centre-left as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces dull under cloud diffusion; wind onshore 6.8 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, blades turning gently in moderate breeze; wind offshore 1.2 GW appears as a small cluster of turbines on the distant horizon; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a timber-clad biomass hopper and single smokestack on the right; natural gas 2.4 GW sits as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and low-profile turbine hall beside the biomass plant; hard coal 1.7 GW appears as a smaller coal station with a conveyor belt and a single cooling tower near the far right edge; hydro 1.5 GW is a modest run-of-river weir with a low concrete dam visible in the foreground river. TIME AND LIGHT: 19:00 late June dusk — the sky is a heavy, unbroken ceiling of grey-white overcast with a faint orange-red glow concentrated at the very low western horizon, the upper sky darkening toward slate blue; the light is diffuse, warm, and fading. WEATHER: extreme summer heat at 32°C — the air shimmers with haze, lush green deciduous vegetation is dense and full, grass in the foreground is parched and yellowed at the tips; the atmosphere feels oppressive and heavy, reflecting the high electricity price. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower rib, every PV cell grid line. The composition conveys the weight of industrial demand against a sultry, cloud-smothered summer evening. No text, no labels.