Wind leads at 15.8 GW combined with brown coal at 7.1 GW backstopping a heavily overcast, cool spring dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 20%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 15%
66%
Renewable share
15.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
9.3 GW
Solar
46.4 GW
Total generation
+0.5 GW
Net export
100.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.3°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
91.0% / 5.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
238
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.0 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles receding across rolling green farmland; wind offshore 4.8 GW appears on the far right horizon as a cluster of turbines rising from a grey North Sea sliver. Brown coal 7.1 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes and conveyor belts feeding dark brown fuel. Natural gas 5.5 GW sits left of centre as two compact CCGT blocks with slender silver exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 3.4 GW is a smaller coal plant behind the gas units, with a single rectangular boiler house and a tall brick chimney. Solar 9.3 GW appears as broad fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting only grey sky — no sunshine on them. Biomass 4.1 GW is a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a small cylindrical silo and a low stack beside the wind turbines. Hydro 1.2 GW is a modest dam and penstock visible in a small valley at the far left edge. The sky is early dawn at 07:00 in May: pale pre-dawn light creeping from the eastern horizon, deep blue-grey overhead shading to a narrow band of cold silver-white at the horizon line, 91% cloud cover forming a dense unbroken overcast layer with no direct sun, no warm tones. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price — low visibility, mist clinging to the ground between turbine bases, a brooding weight to the clouds. Temperature is 5.3 °C: spring vegetation is fresh green but glistening with dew and frost on fence posts, bare patches of brown earth visible. Wind at 8.8 km/h gently tilts grass and causes slow rotation of turbine blades. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, deep colour palette of slate greys, muted greens, and warm industrial ambers from lit plant windows; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric aerial perspective with distant turbines fading into mist; meticulous engineering detail on every technology. No text, no labels.