Brown coal, gas, and wind dominate early-morning generation as 9 GW net imports cover a supply shortfall under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 25%
47%
Renewable share
8.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.5 GW
Solar
30.7 GW
Total generation
-9.0 GW
Net import
119.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
372
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into heavy cloud; natural gas 5.3 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails; hard coal 3.2 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a rectangular chimney; wind onshore 4.9 GW spreads across the right portion as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers set on low rolling hills, blades turning slowly; wind offshore 3.6 GW is suggested by a distant row of turbines on a grey horizon line above a barely visible strip of dark sea; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a domed wood-chip storage silo and a single smokestack near the centre; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure with cascading water in the far right background; solar 0.5 GW is represented by a tiny, barely visible array of dark crystalline panels on a hillside receiving no light. TIME OF DAY: pre-dawn at 05:00 in late 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, the landscape lit primarily by sodium-orange industrial lights on the power plants and faint ambient pre-dawn glow. WEATHER: 100% cloud cover creates a low, oppressive, unbroken ceiling of dark stratiform clouds pressing down on the scene; temperature 11°C, light mist clinging to green spring meadows and fresh deciduous foliage; wind is gentle, shown by slight grass movement. PRICE MOOD: the heavy, brooding atmosphere conveys the high 119.3 EUR/MWh price — the clouds feel thick and weighty, the industrial glow feels urgent. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, raw umber, slate grey, and touches of sodium orange; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and clouds; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack; atmospheric aerial perspective with haze softening the distant offshore turbines; the composition evokes sublime industrial Romanticism. No text, no labels.