Brown coal and gas dominate at 19.6 GW combined as calm, overcast pre-dawn conditions suppress wind and solar output.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
33%
Renewable share
5.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.7 GW
Total generation
-14.6 GW
Net import
123.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.7°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
453
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness; natural gas 9.8 GW fills the centre-left as compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thinner vapour trails, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with rectangular boiler houses and a single squat cooling tower; wind onshore 4.3 GW occupies the right middle-ground as a scattered line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers standing motionless with no blade blur; wind offshore 1.7 GW is suggested by distant tiny turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line at far right; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a tall chimney and stacked wood-chip storage visible under floodlights, placed between the gas plant and coal plant; hydro 1.5 GW is a modest concrete dam with a thin sheet of water spilling over, barely visible in the lower right foreground near a dark river reflecting industrial lights. Pre-dawn hour: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest hint of pale light on the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no sun disc visible, heavy 100% cloud cover forming an oppressive low ceiling. Temperature near freezing: bare deciduous trees with no leaves, patches of frost on the ground, dormant brown grass. Wind nearly calm: no motion in tree branches, no blade rotation on turbines, smoke and steam rise vertically. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding reflecting the high electricity price — thick haze hangs between the industrial structures, sodium streetlights cast amber pools on wet roads. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich crossed with industrial realism. Meticulous engineering detail on all infrastructure: three-blade rotor geometry, nacelle housings, aluminium-framed structures, reinforced concrete cooling towers with accurate proportions. No text, no labels, no human figures prominent.