Wind and brown coal anchor a thermal-heavy pre-dawn grid as sub-zero temperatures lift demand beyond domestic supply.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 18%
56%
Renewable share
15.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.5 GW
Total generation
-4.5 GW
Net import
108.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
-0.1°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
65% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
306
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.5 GW spans the right third of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with lattice towers receding into atmospheric depth on a rolling plain; wind offshore 3.3 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea. Brown coal 7.1 GW dominates the left foreground as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the heavy sky. Natural gas 5.6 GW fills the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with tall single exhaust stacks and orange-lit industrial piping. Hard coal 4.3 GW sits behind the gas plant as a blocky power station with conveyor belts and a single large smokestack. Biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a rounded silo and small chimney with faint steam. Hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway in the lower-left valley. Time is 05:00 in April — pre-dawn: deep blue-grey sky with the faintest pale luminescence on the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no visible sun; the landscape is mostly dark, lit by sodium-orange streetlights, glowing plant windows, and industrial floodlights casting warm pools on frost-covered ground. Temperature is below zero: bare deciduous trees with frost on branches, patches of frost on brown spring grass, breath-like mist near ground level. Cloud cover 65%: broken grey clouds overhead lit faintly from below by industrial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding, weighty sky pressing down on the industrial panorama. No solar panels visible anywhere. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, deep colour palette of navy, slate grey, warm orange industrial glow, and cold blue frost tones; visible confident brushwork; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower reinforcement ring, CCGT exhaust stack, and coal conveyor; atmospheric perspective with haze and steam creating layered depth. No text, no labels.