Wind leads at 25.5 GW with 21 GW of coal and gas baseload sustaining a high-priced pre-dawn hour.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 18%
59%
Renewable share
25.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
51.7 GW
Total generation
+0.9 GW
Net export
108.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.2°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
76.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
288
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.3 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling farmland, rotors spinning briskly in moderate wind; wind offshore 6.2 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines rising from a dark sea horizon barely visible through haze; brown coal 9.1 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes drifting leftward, glowing faintly from sodium-yellow industrial lighting at the plant base; hard coal 6.0 GW sits left of centre as a blocky power station with tall rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts, lit by harsh white floodlights; natural gas 6.0 GW appears at centre as two sleek CCGT combined-cycle units with single tall exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, illuminated by amber safety lights; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered centre-right as a modest plant with a wood-chip silo and a single short stack with a faint warm glow; hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir in the foreground with dark water catching reflected industrial light. Time is 05:00 pre-dawn in late March: the sky is deep blue-grey with the barest hint of pale light on the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no solar panels anywhere. Heavy overcast at 76% cloud cover presses down low, creating an oppressive ceiling reflecting the industrial glow from below — evoking the high 108 EUR/MWh price. Temperature is 3°C: thin frost edges the bare-branched trees and dormant brown grass of early spring. The air feels cold and damp. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric chiaroscuro, warm sodium and amber artificial lights contrasting against the cold blue-grey predawn sky, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack, dramatic sense of scale and depth. No text, no labels.