Brown coal and gas dominate as overcast skies and light winds limit renewables, driving 8.5 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 8%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 27%
46%
Renewable share
7.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.6 GW
Solar
33.5 GW
Total generation
-8.4 GW
Net import
127.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.7°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
382
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a sprawling lignite complex with three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy sky; wind onshore 6.2 GW fills the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in light breeze across a flat plain; natural gas 5.4 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with slim exhaust stacks releasing thin vapour trails; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a cluster of industrial wood-chip facilities with short chimneys and stored timber piles in the mid-ground right; hard coal 3.5 GW sits beside the lignite plant as a smaller coal station with conveyor belts and a single rectangular stack; solar 2.6 GW is represented by a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground reflecting only grey light; wind offshore 1.1 GW appears as distant turbines barely visible on a far grey horizon line suggesting the North Sea; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a shallow valley at the far right edge. Time of day is early dawn at 06:00 in May — the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale pre-dawn glow along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm colours in the sky, everything lit by diffuse cold twilight and orange sodium streetlights dotting access roads around the industrial facilities. Temperature is near freezing at 2.7 °C — late frost clings to grass, bare patches of ice on puddles, vegetation is sparse early-spring green tinged brown, breath-like condensation visible near structures. Cloud cover is total — a solid unbroken ceiling of low stratus pressing down oppressively on the landscape, reinforcing the high-price heavy atmosphere. The air feels thick and weighty, almost suffocating. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich sombre colour palette of slate grey, ash white, muted olive and deep indigo, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze softening distant cooling towers, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every conveyor mechanism. No text, no labels.