Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate pre-dawn generation as zero solar and moderate wind drive 14.2 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
44%
Renewable share
9.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.1 GW
Total generation
-14.2 GW
Net import
126.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.6°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
384
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 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 7.4 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with rectangular boiler houses and a single squat cooling tower; wind onshore 8.2 GW spans the right third as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly on a ridge; wind offshore 1.5 GW appears as distant smaller turbines on the far-right horizon above a faint river; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a modest smokestack and wood-pile yard; hydro 1.4 GW is a small run-of-river weir with turbine house nestled at the base of a hill at far left. Pre-dawn hour: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale lavender glow barely touching the eastern horizon — no direct sunlight, no warm tones in the sky. Complete overcast: a thick unbroken ceiling of cloud rendered in layered dark greys presses low and heavy, conveying high electricity price oppressiveness. Temperature 8.6 °C in early May: fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees in the foreground, dew visible on leaves, cool mist pooling in low terrain. Wind speed 10.1 km/h: light motion in grass, slow turbine rotation, steam plumes drifting gently to the right. Sodium-orange streetlights line an access road in the mid-ground, casting warm pools of light on wet asphalt; lit windows glow in distant village houses; industrial facilities are illuminated by floodlights revealing structural steel detail. No solar panels anywhere. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, moody colour palette of deep blues, ochres, and umber; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of mist between foreground infrastructure and distant ridgeline; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.