Brown coal and gas dominate at 8.8 GW each as heavy cloud cover and pre-dawn darkness limit renewables.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 24%
40%
Renewable share
8.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.4 GW
Solar
36.9 GW
Total generation
-18.5 GW
Net import
139.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.3°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
93.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
406
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into heavy grey sky; natural gas 8.8 GW fills the centre-left as angular CCGT power plants with tall singular exhaust stacks venting translucent heat shimmer; hard coal 4.6 GW appears centre-right as a hulking coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses and a single large chimney trailing dark-tinged smoke; wind onshore 6.0 GW spans the right portion of the mid-ground as a row of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-free tubular towers turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested by distant turbines visible on the far-right horizon above a grey sea; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a wood-clad industrial plant with a modest stack and biomass fuel piles in the centre background; hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam with a controlled spill on the far left middle distance. Time of day is early dawn at 06:00 in April — the sky is deep blue-grey with only the faintest pale band of pre-dawn light along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no visible sun disc. The overcast is thick at 93%, a low oppressive ceiling of stratus clouds pressing down on the landscape. Temperature is 7.3°C: early spring — grass is green but sparse, bare-branched trees are just beginning to show buds, patches of frost linger on metal structures. Wind is light at 6.2 km/h, turbine blades rotating gently. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, reflecting the high electricity price — a palpable industrial tension in the air. No solar panels visible anywhere. The landscape is flat north-German lowland transitioning to gentle hills. Sodium streetlights along an access road still glow amber. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, moody colour palette of slate greys, muted blues, warm amber industrial light, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack, evoking Caspar David Friedrich's sublime industrial sublime. No text, no labels.