Brown coal and gas dominate as near-zero wind and sun force 26.3 GW net imports on a frigid, overcast morning.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 32%
Brown coal 40%
28%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
30.8 GW
Total generation
-26.3 GW
Net import
168.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.2°C / 0 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
481
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy sky; natural gas 9.9 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of combined-cycle gas turbine units with tall single exhaust stacks venting pale grey exhaust; biomass 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a medium-sized industrial plant with a timber-yard and conveyor belt feeding woody fuel into a brick-clad boiler building with a single smokestack; onshore wind 3.0 GW occupies the right background as a modest row of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers standing completely motionless with blades frozen at random angles; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam and powerhouse visible in the far right distance beside a dark river; offshore wind 0.2 GW is barely hinted as a single tiny turbine silhouette on the far horizon. No solar panels visible anywhere. The sky is entirely overcast with oppressively low, thick stratocumulus clouds in tones of slate grey and charcoal, pressing down on the landscape with a heavy, suffocating atmosphere reflecting the extreme 168 EUR/MWh price. Time of day is 06:00 dawn in early March: the eastern horizon shows only a faint band of cold pale blue-grey pre-dawn light beneath the cloud layer, the rest of the sky deep dark grey, no direct sunlight. The landscape is flat central German terrain with bare winter fields dusted with frost, leafless birch and oak trees, frozen puddles reflecting the dim sky, temperature near freezing. High-voltage transmission pylons with thick cables stretch across the scene toward the horizon in multiple directions, symbolizing the enormous import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, dramatic moody lighting — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, gas stack, and pylon. No text, no labels.