Cold pre-dawn demand of 56.4 GW met by coal, gas, modest wind, and 19 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 22%
42%
Renewable share
9.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
-19.0 GW
Net import
149.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
-0.8°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
401
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the dark sky; natural gas 7.4 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin grey plumes; hard coal 6.2 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired power station with rectangular boiler buildings and a pair of tall chimneys; wind onshore 7.6 GW spans the right third as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a frozen ridge, their blades barely turning in near-still air; wind offshore 2.1 GW is visible in the far distance as faint red aviation lights on turbine nacelles across a dark horizon; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a single moderate stack; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far right. The time is early dawn — the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest band of cold pale light on the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, stars still faintly visible overhead. No solar panels anywhere. The landscape is late-winter central German rolling farmland dusted with frost, bare deciduous trees, patches of old snow. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive — a high-pressure cold inversion traps steam and haze low over the industrial facilities, giving a brooding, weighty mood reflecting the extreme electricity price. Sodium-orange streetlights line a road in the foreground. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour with deep Prussian blues, warm amber industrial glows, and cool grey-white steam — visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.