Brown coal and onshore wind lead generation as fading solar and high demand drive 153 EUR/MWh evening prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 8%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 28%
54%
Renewable share
8.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.4 GW
Solar
29.8 GW
Total generation
-21.8 GW
Net import
153.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
30.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
33.0% / 119.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
338
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, glowing from internal furnace light against a dark sky; onshore wind 7.2 GW fills the centre-right as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning slowly in light wind, red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a tall cylindrical stack and woodchip storage silos, warmly lit from within; natural gas 3.1 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and a smaller cooling unit, positioned centre-left, its exhaust faintly visible; hard coal 2.4 GW sits behind the lignite complex as a secondary boiler house with conveyor belts and a coal heap, lit by sodium-yellow floodlights; solar 2.4 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the right foreground, catching the very last traces of warm amber light on their surfaces; hydro 1.5 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley at far right; offshore wind 1.0 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the horizon. TIME AND LIGHTING: 20:00 in late June in Germany — the sky is deep twilight, a narrow band of burnt-orange and crimson glow lingers along the lowest horizon behind the cooling towers, the upper sky transitions rapidly to deep navy and near-black, stars just beginning to appear; all industrial facilities are lit by harsh sodium and mercury-vapor floodlights casting yellow-orange pools. ATMOSPHERE: oppressively warm summer evening at 30.8°C, the air thick and hazy, heat shimmer still rising from asphalt and rooftops in the foreground, lush green deciduous trees in full summer foliage but wilting slightly; the atmosphere feels heavy and close, conveying the high electricity price tension. Sparse clouds at 33% cover catch the last glow. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the dark sky and the warm industrial glow, atmospheric depth with haze layers, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and PV panel frame. The composition evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagined for the industrial energy age. No text, no labels.