Brown coal and gas dominate as solar fades under overcast skies, with 23.5 GW net imports bridging the gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 5%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 27%
40%
Renewable share
6.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.9 GW
Solar
35.6 GW
Total generation
23.6 GW
Net import
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Day-ahead price
25.2°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
98.0% / 30.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
414
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 darkness; natural gas 7.4 GW occupies the centre-left as three compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks and orange-lit gas flares; wind onshore 6.0 GW spans the centre-right as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning very slowly in light breeze; hard coal 4.1 GW appears behind the brown coal as a smaller conventional plant with rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts; biomass 4.1 GW sits as a wood-chip-fed industrial facility with a modest smokestack and illuminated fuel yard; solar 1.9 GW is rendered as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, panels dark and unreflective under heavy overcast; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam structure at the far right with water cascading; wind offshore 0.4 GW is barely visible as tiny turbine silhouettes on the distant horizon. TIME: 20:00 in late June Berlin — the sky is deep navy-black, fully dark with no twilight glow remaining, a thick 98% overcast blanket hiding all stars. All facilities are lit by warm sodium streetlights, orange industrial floodlights, and glowing control room windows. The landscape is flat central German terrain with lush green summer vegetation visible under artificial light, temperature 25°C suggesting a humid warm evening with slight haze around the cooling tower plumes. Atmosphere is calm and still, reflecting 0 EUR/MWh pricing — open, unoppressive. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich deep blues, warm oranges from industrial lighting, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with layered darkness receding to the horizon. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all infrastructure. No text, no labels.