Strong wind and thermal baseload meet morning demand under full overcast, with 3.9 GW net imports bridging the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 0%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 14%
66%
Renewable share
28.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
52.2 GW
Total generation
-3.9 GW
Net import
112.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.8°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
235
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 22.3 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles receding into atmospheric depth across rolling green-brown early-spring farmland; wind offshore 6.6 GW appears in the far-right background as a line of turbines standing in a grey North Sea barely visible through mist; brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, flanked by conveyor belts carrying dark lignite; natural gas 5.3 GW sits left-of-centre as two compact CCGT plant blocks with tall single exhaust stacks and modest heat shimmer; hard coal 4.8 GW appears beside them as a smaller power station with a single large smokestack and coal yard; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a cylindrical wood-chip silo and low steam vent; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in a valley at far left. TIME: early dawn at 06:00 in April — the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale pre-dawn luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no sun disc visible. The entire sky is 100% overcast with heavy low stratus clouds pressing down oppressively, matching the high 112 EUR/MWh price — the atmosphere feels dense, weighty, almost suffocating. Temperature 6.8°C: bare deciduous trees with only the first tiny leaf buds, frost lingering on grass, breath-vapour visible. Ground-level air is still despite the upper-atmosphere wind turning the turbines. Sodium-orange streetlights and amber industrial lighting illuminate the power stations from below, casting warm pools of light against the cold blue-grey dawn. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines thread between all installations. No solar panels anywhere. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, moody colour palette of slate blues, warm ambers, cool greens, and ivory steam; visible confident brushwork with impasto highlights on steam plumes and lighting; atmospheric perspective creating deep recession; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack; the scene feels like a monumental 19th-century German Romantic industrial landscape masterwork. No text, no labels.