Wind leads at 22.6 GW but zero solar forces 23.2 GW of coal and gas to meet cold pre-dawn demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 19%
55%
Renewable share
22.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
51.0 GW
Total generation
-0.1 GW
Net import
108.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.1°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
81% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
321
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.3 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling farmland into the distance; wind offshore 6.3 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly visible sea line. Brown coal 9.9 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the heavy sky. Hard coal 6.7 GW sits left of centre as a coal-fired plant with tall rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts loaded with black coal, and a pair of tall brick chimneys with red aviation lights glowing. Natural gas 6.6 GW appears at centre as two compact CCGT blocks with gleaming cylindrical heat-recovery steam generators and single polished exhaust stacks, warmly lit by sodium floodlights. Biomass 4.0 GW is a modest wood-chip-fired plant in the centre-left middle ground with a rounded silo and a short stack trailing thin grey smoke. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river station with a low concrete weir visible at the base of a gentle valley in the right middle ground. No solar panels anywhere — it is pre-dawn with zero solar generation. The sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest hint of pale cold light along the eastern horizon; 81 percent cloud cover renders the sky heavy and oppressive, matching the 108 EUR/MWh price. Temperature is 3 degrees Celsius: patches of frost whiten the ploughed fields, bare early-spring trees with only the first buds, breath-like mist near the ground. Wind speed is moderate — turbine blades turning steadily. Artificial lighting dominates: orange sodium streetlights along a road, white industrial floodlights illuminating the coal and gas plants, red blinking lights atop chimneys and turbine nacelles. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, raw umber, and warm ochre from industrial lights; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with steam and mist layering into the distance; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.