Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate pre-dawn generation as negligible wind and no solar force 18.3 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 30%
27%
Renewable share
2.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.5 GW
Total generation
-18.3 GW
Net import
120.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.0°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
88.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
496
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky; natural gas 8.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, lit by sodium-orange industrial lamps; hard coal 4.6 GW appears centre-right as a heavy industrial complex with conveyor belts, stockpiles of black coal, and a pair of large chimneys with faint reddish glow; biomass 4.2 GW sits to the right as a smaller wood-chip-fed plant with a modest smokestack and steam wisps; wind onshore 1.6 GW appears as a few distant three-blade turbines on a ridge, their rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 0.9 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on a far horizon over a dark sea inlet; hydro 1.4 GW is depicted as a small dam and spillway at the far right edge, water glinting under a single floodlight. The sky is deep pre-dawn blue-grey, the very first pale hint of dawn along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no stars visible through 88% overcast cloud — thick low stratus clouds press down oppressively, reflecting the orange industrial glow from below. The landscape is early-spring central German rolling hills, bare trees with the faintest buds, grass still dormant brown-green, temperature around 8°C suggested by mist patches clinging to low ground. The air feels heavy and expensive — dense haze wraps the scene. Transmission lines with tall lattice pylons stretch into the distance, implying the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich dark colour palette of navy, charcoal, amber, and rust, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the mist layers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower reinforcement ring, CCGT stack, and coal conveyor. No text, no labels.