Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as overcast skies and cold temperatures drive high demand and 8.3 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 4%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 23%
44%
Renewable share
9.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.7 GW
Solar
39.7 GW
Total generation
-8.3 GW
Net import
116.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.8°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
386
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power plant complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the grey sky; natural gas 8.3 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of modern CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks trailing translucent exhaust; hard coal 5.2 GW appears centre-right as a traditional coal-fired station with a large boiler house and twin chimneys releasing dark-tinged smoke; onshore wind 9.3 GW spans the right third and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers turning slowly in light wind across rolling frost-covered farmland; biomass 4.4 GW is represented by a mid-ground wood-chip burning facility with a modest stack and warm amber glow from its furnace windows; solar 1.7 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and reflective of grey clouds, producing almost nothing; hydro 1.2 GW is a concrete run-of-river weir visible along a small river in the foreground; offshore wind 0.6 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbines barely visible on the far horizon. TIME AND LIGHT: early dawn at 7:00 AM in mid-March, the sky is a deep blue-grey with the faintest pale pre-dawn luminance along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no sun disc visible, everything illuminated by diffuse cold twilight and the orange sodium glow of industrial facility lights. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, heavy low stratus pressing down oppressively. Temperature is near freezing—frost on the ground, bare deciduous trees with no leaves, patches of ice on puddles, breath-visible cold implied by steam density. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price, with an almost suffocating density to the clouds. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich dark earth tones, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective creating depth across the industrial plain, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the dark pre-dawn sky. Meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower parabolic profile, and power line insulator. No text, no labels, no people in foreground.