Wind onshore leads at 18.1 GW; brown coal and gas fill the thermal base as solar remains absent before dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 46%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 17%
61%
Renewable share
18.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.5 GW
Total generation
-8.5 GW
Net import
107.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.9°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
272
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.1 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with lattice towers receding across flat northern German farmland into deep perspective; brown coal 6.8 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of four massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes that drift slowly rightward; natural gas 4.9 GW appears left-center as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin grey exhaust; hard coal 3.7 GW sits beside the gas plant as a smaller conventional power station with a single squat smokestack and coal conveyors; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a low green-painted building and a single chimney glowing faintly; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a gentle valley at the far left edge; wind offshore 0.5 GW is barely visible as two distant turbines on the far horizon line. Time is 05:00 pre-dawn in late April: the sky is a deep blue-grey with the faintest pearl-colored brightening along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight yet, no sun visible. Stars are fading overhead. The landscape is lit primarily by sodium-orange industrial lighting from the power stations and small red aviation warning lights blinking on turbine nacelles. Temperature near 5°C: light ground frost on early spring grass, bare-branched hedgerows just beginning to leaf out, patches of dew glistening under artificial light. Clear sky with zero cloud cover but heavy, oppressive atmospheric haze near the ground suggesting the high electricity price — a brooding, weighty mood. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen: rich, deep color palette of Prussian blue, raw umber, and ochre; visible confident brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with layers of mist; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.