Brown coal and gas dominate a cold, windless, overcast dawn requiring 12.7 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 8%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
43%
Renewable share
5.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.4 GW
Solar
31.0 GW
Total generation
-12.7 GW
Net import
127.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.1°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
404
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the heavy overcast; natural gas 4.9 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin vapour trails; hard coal 3.6 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial coal plant with conveyor belts and a single large smokestack; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a cluster of modest wood-chip-fed CHP stations with squat chimneys and timber fuel piles nearby; wind onshore 4.7 GW occupies the right portion as a sparse line of tall three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning in near-calm air; wind offshore 0.6 GW is a tiny sliver of turbines barely visible on a grey horizon line at far right; solar 2.4 GW appears as a field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dull and lightless under the dense cloud; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam and powerhouse tucked into a forested valley at far left. The sky is pre-dawn deep blue-grey at 06:00, no direct sunlight, the first faint pale luminosity emerging low on the eastern horizon but suppressed by 100% cloud cover creating an oppressive leaden ceiling. Temperature is 3°C — late frost clings to bare spring grass, breath-like steam drifts from every stack and tower. Vegetation is early May but sparse, with pale green buds on bare-branched birch and beech trees. The atmosphere feels heavy and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, PV panel frame, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.