Overcast dawn: solar leads at 11.1 GW but weak wind and high coal drive 11.2 GW net imports and a 100.6 EUR/MWh price.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 36%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 21%
63%
Renewable share
2.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
11.1 GW
Solar
31.1 GW
Total generation
-11.3 GW
Net import
100.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.0°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
93.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
268
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into heavy overcast skies, set among open-pit lignite mines with terraced earth in ochre and dark brown. Solar 11.1 GW occupies the centre-right as an extensive field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, their surfaces reflecting only the dull grey of the overcast sky, no direct sunlight, no glint. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as mid-sized industrial plants with cylindrical silos and modest stacks emitting thin wisps of vapour, positioned centre-left behind the coal complex. Natural gas 3.1 GW is rendered as compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and streamlined turbine halls, placed between the coal and biomass facilities. Wind onshore 2.6 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on distant hills at the far right, their rotors barely turning in the still air. Hard coal 2.0 GW is a traditional coal-fired station with rectangular boiler house and a single large smokestack, visible behind the gas plant. Hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir in a valley in the far background. Wind offshore 0.2 GW is a pair of tiny turbines visible on the far horizon line. The sky is dawn at 07:00 in late May — a pale pre-dawn blue-grey light suffuses the scene from the east, the sun not yet visible, the sky almost entirely covered by a thick blanket of low stratus clouds in tones of slate and pewter, creating a heavy, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is late spring — lush green grass, full-leafed deciduous trees in fresh green, wildflowers in meadow edges. Temperature is mild at 15°C, air feels damp and still. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, layered colour with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth achieved through sfumato hazing of distant elements, dramatic tonal contrasts between the dark industrial foreground and the luminous grey sky. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy — turbine nacelles, lattice towers, cooling tower parabolic profiles, PV panel grid patterns. No text, no labels.