Overcast dawn: wind leads at 14.9 GW but 14.5 GW net imports needed as coal and gas support high demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 7%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 20%
64%
Renewable share
17.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.8 GW
Solar
40.1 GW
Total generation
-14.5 GW
Net import
130.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.2°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
262
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 14.9 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades turning in moderate wind; brown coal 7.8 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; natural gas 3.5 GW appears as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and thin heat shimmer, placed left of centre; hard coal 3.1 GW sits beside them as a smaller power station with a rectangular stack and coal conveyor; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-ground facility with a cylindrical silo and wood-chip storage yard emitting light vapour; wind offshore 2.5 GW is visible in the far background as a line of turbines on a grey sea horizon; solar 2.8 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, reflecting no sunlight under the heavy clouds; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a concrete dam with spillway in a forested valley at far right. Time of day is early dawn at 06:00 in June — the sky is a deep blue-grey with the faintest pale pre-dawn luminance along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm colours in the sky; the landscape is lit by diffuse cold twilight and scattered sodium-orange industrial lights at each power station. Temperature is cool at 12 °C — lush early-summer vegetation, dew on grass, no frost. Cloud cover is total: a heavy unbroken ceiling of stratiform clouds pressing low, creating an oppressive, weighty atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich dark colour palette of slate blues, steel greys, mossy greens, and ember oranges from industrial lights; visible confident brushwork with atmospheric depth and aerial perspective; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and panel frame; the scene feels monumental and sublime, an industrial pastoral masterwork. No text, no labels.