Pre-dawn imports bridge a 7.2 GW gap as wind and brown coal anchor a tight, high-priced grid.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 21%
54%
Renewable share
10.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
30.6 GW
Total generation
-7.2 GW
Net import
105.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.8°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
85% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
320
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark sky; natural gas 4.9 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and warm amber-lit control buildings; hard coal 2.9 GW sits behind as a smaller conventional plant with a single rectangular cooling tower and a coal conveyor belt; wind onshore 8.1 GW spans the right half of the composition as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers spread across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; wind offshore 2.6 GW is suggested in the far-right background as a faint line of turbines on a dark horizon over a sliver of sea; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a cluster of medium-sized industrial facilities with cylindrical silos and wood-chip storage yards, illuminated by sodium streetlights, positioned centre-right; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam structure with spillway visible in a valley in the mid-ground; solar 0.3 GW is absent from the scene — no panels visible. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn, the faintest pale band of light along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, 85% cloud cover rendering the sky heavy and oppressive. Temperature is a cool 5.8°C; spring vegetation is fresh green but subdued in the near-darkness, with dew on grass. The atmosphere feels heavy, pressured, reflecting a high electricity price. Light sources are entirely artificial — orange sodium lamps, glowing industrial windows, blinking turbine lights. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich, dark palette, visible impasto brushwork, and atmospheric depth — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all equipment. No text, no labels.