Wind leads at 20.9 GW but heavy coal and gas dispatch plus 10.2 GW net imports meet cold morning demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 2%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 19%
53%
Renewable share
20.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.0 GW
Solar
51.9 GW
Total generation
-10.2 GW
Net import
152.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.1°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
326
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.0 GW dominates the right half of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling farmland, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 5.9 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon over a grey sea; brown coal 10.0 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast; hard coal 6.5 GW sits left of centre as a large coal plant with tall rectangular boiler house and twin chimneys trailing darker exhaust; natural gas 7.8 GW fills the centre as two compact CCGT blocks with single slender exhaust stacks and smaller vapour plumes; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a rounded storage dome and wood-chip conveyor feeding a modest stack; hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam and penstock visible in a valley stream in the lower-centre foreground; solar 1.0 GW is represented by a tiny cluster of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, barely visible under the gloom, catching no light. Time is early dawn at 07:00 in late March: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale pre-dawn luminance along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, 99% cloud cover forming a heavy unbroken stratus ceiling pressing down oppressively. Temperature is 3°C: bare deciduous trees, frost-edged brown fields, patches of lingering ice on puddles, early spring vegetation barely emerging. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, reflecting the 152 EUR/MWh price—dense, weighty clouds sitting low over industrial stacks, an oppressive pressure across the entire sky. Light sources include sodium-orange glow from facility windows and security lamps on the power stations. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich tonal depth, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric perspective with mist and steam blending into cloud, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and smokestack, creating a monumental Romantic industrial landscape. No text, no labels.