Pre-dawn wind dominance at 21 GW meets strong coal and gas thermal backup as Germany net-imports 5.2 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 17%
60%
Renewable share
21.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
44.6 GW
Total generation
-5.2 GW
Net import
120.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.6°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
276
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.5 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of three-blade wind turbines with white lattice towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling central-German farmland into the distance; brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit by amber sodium lamps; natural gas 5.9 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls; hard coal 4.2 GW sits just left of centre as a coal-fired plant with a large rectangular boiler house and a single wide chimney trailing dark smoke; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a medium-sized wood-chip plant with a domed storage silo and a short stack emitting pale vapour; wind offshore 2.7 GW is glimpsed as a row of turbines on a far hazy horizon line suggesting the North Sea; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with turbine house beside a dark reflective river in the foreground. Solar is absent — no panels visible anywhere. The sky is pre-dawn at 05:00 in May: deep blue-grey with the faintest pale steel-blue lightening at the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, stars fading overhead, 100% cloud cover forming a heavy low overcast that presses down oppressively reflecting the 120 EUR/MWh price tension. Temperature is 6.6°C: early spring vegetation is fresh green but muted in the darkness, patches of dew on grass. Wind at 14 km/h sets turbine blades in visible rotation and bends young birch trees slightly. Sodium streetlights cast orange pools along a road winding through the scene. Industrial facility windows glow warm yellow. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich dark colour palette of indigo, slate, amber, and coal-black, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light and the brooding pre-dawn sky. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.