Coal and gas backstop a pre-dawn grid as overcast skies suppress solar and 13.4 GW of net imports fill the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 2%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 22%
53%
Renewable share
11.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.6 GW
Solar
33.8 GW
Total generation
-13.4 GW
Net import
124.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.7°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
323
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the heavy sky; wind onshore 8.9 GW fills the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling fields, their rotors barely turning in near-calm air; natural gas 5.4 GW occupies the center-left as a compact CCGT plant with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.0 GW appears behind the lignite complex as a smaller set of rectangular boiler buildings with square chimneys trailing grey smoke; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial plant with rounded storage silos and a moderate stack; wind offshore 2.9 GW is suggested by faint turbine silhouettes on a distant grey sea visible through a gap on the far right horizon; hydro 1.9 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway in the middle distance nestled in a wooded valley; solar 0.6 GW is represented only by a small cluster of aluminium-framed crystalline panels sitting dark and dormant on a nearby rooftop, reflecting no light. Time of day is 05:00 in early June: the sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon but no direct sunlight whatsoever; the landscape is mostly in shadow, lit by sodium-orange industrial lighting from the power plants and faint glow from facility windows. Overcast cloud cover is total — a thick, oppressive, low ceiling of grey stratus pressing down, conveying high energy prices and atmospheric weight. Temperature is cool at 11.7°C; lush early-summer vegetation — tall grasses, deciduous trees in full green leaf — glistens faintly with morning dew. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, moody colour palette of slate blues, warm industrial oranges, and deep forest greens; visible textured brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with mist hanging in the valleys; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curvature, and CCGT exhaust stack; the scene feels like a Caspar David Friedrich industrial sublime masterwork. No text, no labels.