Wind leads at 17.1 GW but brown coal and gas hold firm under full overcast with zero solar at pre-dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 0%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 21%
56%
Renewable share
17.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.1 GW
Total generation
+1.9 GW
Net export
118.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.1°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
309
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 13.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, blades turning slowly; wind offshore 4.0 GW appears in the far background right as a cluster of offshore turbines barely visible on a dark grey horizon line over the North Sea. Brown coal 8.5 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes that merge into the overcast sky, conveyor belts of dark brown fuel visible at the base. Natural gas 6.0 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and rectangular turbine halls, smaller heat-recovery steam generators visible, warm orange sodium lighting on the facility. Hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the gas plants as a smaller power station with a single large smokestack and coal bunkers. Biomass 4.2 GW appears as a wood-chip-fired plant with a modest green-lit industrial building and a single chimney with faint exhaust, situated in the middle ground. Hydro 1.6 GW is a small run-of-river station visible along a dark river in the lower foreground, with water flowing over a weir, a small turbine house with dim lights. Pre-dawn lighting at 05:00 in May: the sky is deep blue-grey with no direct sunlight, only the faintest pale band of blue at the eastern horizon suggesting approaching dawn, no sun disc visible. Full 100% cloud cover creates a flat, heavy, oppressive low ceiling of stratus clouds pressing down. No solar panels anywhere. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass and leafy trees barely visible in the dim light. The atmosphere feels heavy and costly, the thick steam from cooling towers blending seamlessly into the low clouds. Ground-level air is still despite the turbines turning above. Artificial sodium-orange and industrial white lights illuminate the power stations. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich dark blues, greys, and warm amber tones from facility lighting, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.