Brown coal, gas, hard coal, and onshore wind anchor a 16.4 GW import-dependent pre-dawn grid under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 25%
48%
Renewable share
9.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
31.2 GW
Total generation
-16.4 GW
Net import
122.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.6°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
365
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark sky; onshore wind 9.3 GW spans the right third of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning slowly in moderate wind across rolling farmland; natural gas 4.8 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender single exhaust stacks venting thin heat haze; hard coal 3.6 GW sits centre-right as a blocky coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a modest cylindrical stack and small fuel storage yard behind the gas plant; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a concrete run-of-river weir and turbine house nestled in a valley stream in the far background; offshore wind 0.3 GW is barely visible as a faint silhouette of two turbines on the distant horizon line. Time of day is pre-dawn at 05:00 in May: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm colours in the sky — only the cold first hint of approaching dawn. No solar panels anywhere — the sky is completely overcast with a thick, heavy, low cloud deck pressing down oppressively, reflecting an elevated electricity price. The landscape is spring-green central German farmland with fresh foliage on birch and beech trees, grass damp with dew, temperature around 10°C suggested by light mist hugging the ground. Artificial sodium-orange lighting illuminates the industrial facilities, casting warm pools of light against the blue-grey darkness. High-voltage transmission pylons with bundled conductors stretch across the middle ground, symbolising import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, moody Romantic atmosphere with visible impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro between artificial light and pre-dawn gloom, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack, atmospheric aerial perspective fading into misty distance. No text, no labels, no human figures.