Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate early-morning supply as wind remains negligible and solar is absent at dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 1%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 68%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 9%
80%
Renewable share
2.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
48.5 GW
Solar
70.9 GW
Total generation
+70.9 GW
Net export
106.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.4°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
140
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.1 GW dominates the left third of the canvas as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers venting thick white steam plumes into a heavy overcast sky; natural gas 4.5 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks trailing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a gritty coal-fired plant with conveyor belts and a broad smokestack; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a large industrial wood-chip facility with a modest flue and stacked timber yards in the right-centre; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam with dark spillway water in the middle distance right; wind onshore 0.9 GW is a pair of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 1.2 GW is faintly visible as tiny turbine silhouettes on a far grey horizon line. Pre-dawn lighting at 05:00 Berlin time: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale streak of cold light along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm tones; ground is mostly dark, lit only by sodium-orange industrial lamps around each facility. No solar panels visible anywhere. Overcast ceiling is low, thick, and oppressive, reinforcing the high electricity price atmosphere. Spring vegetation—bare-budding trees, damp green grass—surrounds the industrial corridor. A river threads through the scene reflecting the pale pre-dawn sky and the orange glow of plant lights. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, Caspar David Friedrich's brooding sublime crossed with meticulous industrial-engineering accuracy: lattice transmission towers, visible turbine nacelles, aluminium conduit on plant facades. No text, no labels.