Pre-dawn cold drives high thermal output from coal and gas while 12.6 GW of net imports cover the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 22%
44%
Renewable share
11.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.6 GW
Total generation
-12.6 GW
Net import
116.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
-0.2°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
387
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers trailing thick steam plumes into the frozen air; hard coal 6.1 GW sits just to its right as a pair of smaller coal plants with tall chimneys and conveyor belts; natural gas 6.6 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT facilities with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour; wind onshore 8.6 GW spans the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on rolling hills, rotors turning very slowly in the near-still air; wind offshore 2.5 GW appears as a small cluster of turbines on a distant dark horizon line over a barely visible sea; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed plant with a modest smokestack nestled between the gas and wind sections; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse in the far right foreground beside a frost-edged river. No solar panels anywhere — zero solar generation. The sky is a deep pre-dawn blue-grey with the faintest hint of cold indigo lightening at the eastern horizon but no direct sunlight; stars still faintly visible overhead. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds of industrial steam hang motionless in the sub-zero air, frost coats the bare branches of early-spring trees and the ground, patches of lingering snow on fields. Sodium-orange streetlights and industrial floodlights illuminate the power stations with warm artificial glows against the dark sky. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blues, burnt umbers, and warm ambers; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.