Pre-dawn thermal dominance: brown coal, gas, and hard coal anchor supply as onshore wind and solar contribute nothing.
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Generation mix
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 20%
Hydro 9%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 29%
41%
Renewable share
2.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
21.3 GW
Total generation
+21.3 GW
Net export
111.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.5°C / 19 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
424
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.2 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 heavy overcast sky; biomass 4.2 GW appears left-of-centre as a group of industrial biomass plants with wood-chip conveyors and modest exhaust stacks emitting pale smoke; natural gas 3.3 GW fills the centre as compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; hard coal 3.2 GW occupies the right-of-centre as a large coal-fired power station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and coal stockpiles; offshore wind 2.7 GW appears in the far right distance as a row of three-blade turbines on the horizon above a dark sea, nacelles faintly lit; hydro 1.8 GW is represented by a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at the far right edge. The sky is pre-dawn at 05:00 in April — deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminescence at the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no visible sun, completely overcast with 100% cloud cover pressing low and heavy. The atmosphere is oppressive and dense, reflecting the 111.6 EUR/MWh price — a brooding, weighty sky. Temperature is 6.5°C: early spring, bare branches on scattered deciduous trees with only the faintest green buds, frost-tipped grass. Wind at 19.2 km/h causes steam plumes to shear and drift sideways. No solar panels anywhere. Sodium-orange industrial lighting illuminates the power stations from below, casting warm pools of light against the cold blue-grey darkness. A river in the foreground reflects the glow of the cooling towers. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette of indigo, slate, ochre, and burnt sienna — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.