Wind leads at 14.5 GW combined, but zero solar and 8.6 GW net imports keep thermal plants and prices high at pre-dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 39%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 16%
66%
Renewable share
14.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.0 GW
Total generation
-8.6 GW
Net import
97.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.8°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
231
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 4.7 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 3.8 GW sits centre-left as compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, lit by industrial floodlights; hard coal 1.6 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular stack and conveyor belt silhouette behind the gas plant; wind onshore 11.7 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.8 GW is suggested by a distant row of turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly visible sea; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-ground cluster of smaller industrial buildings with cylindrical silos and a modest smokestack, warmly lit; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water spilling over a weir. The sky is deep pre-dawn blue-grey, 05:00 in early May — the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon but no direct sunlight, stars still faintly visible overhead. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting a 97.5 EUR/MWh price — low haze clings to the ground, the air dense and weighty. Temperature is near freezing at 2.8 °C: bare early-spring trees with only the first tiny buds, frost glinting on grass in the foreground under artificial light, breath-like mist around structures. Wind is calm at ground level, turbine blades turning slowly. No solar panels anywhere. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, warm artificial orange light contrasting with cold blue-grey pre-dawn sky, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.