Wind leads at 19.2 GW but cold, sunless dawn forces 20.2 GW of thermal generation and 12.4 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 18%
55%
Renewable share
19.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
45.2 GW
Total generation
-12.5 GW
Net import
135.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.7°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
303
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.0 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into a leaden sky; natural gas 7.9 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin grey plumes; hard coal 4.3 GW appears centre-right as a heavy industrial complex with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a coal stockpile; wind onshore 13.6 GW spans the entire right third and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers spread across rolling hills, their blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 5.6 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a line of turbines standing in a barely visible grey sea; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip-fueled plant with a modest smokestack and timber yard; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far left. No solar panels visible anywhere. Time of day is early dawn — the sky is a deep blue-grey with the faintest pale steel-blue glow along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm tones; 99% cloud cover creates a heavy, uniform overcast pressing down on the landscape. Temperature near freezing: bare deciduous trees, patches of frost on brown grass, last remnants of winter. The atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price — a thick, humid haze clings to the valley floor. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark colour palette of slate greys, umber browns, and muted indigo blues, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with misty depth, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial sodium-orange facility lighting against the dark pre-dawn sky. Each energy technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles and three-blade rotors, aluminium-clad industrial buildings, hyperbolic reinforced-concrete cooling tower shells with visible ribbing, conveyor gantries. Glowing windows and amber industrial floodlights punctuate the darkness. No text, no labels.