Brown coal and onshore wind lead generation as heavy imports fill a 17 GW gap at dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 2%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 26%
45%
Renewable share
6.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.7 GW
Solar
29.6 GW
Total generation
-17.2 GW
Net import
126.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.0°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
92.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
377
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; onshore wind 6.7 GW occupies the centre-right as a broad line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers across rolling green hills, blades turning slowly in moderate wind; natural gas 6.0 GW appears centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; biomass 3.7 GW sits in the mid-ground as a mid-sized industrial facility with wood-chip conveyors and a squat smokestack; hard coal 2.6 GW is rendered as a smaller coal-fired plant with a rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts near the left edge; hydro 2.1 GW appears as a concrete dam with spillways in a river valley in the right background; solar 0.7 GW is barely visible as a small array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a rooftop in the foreground, catching no light. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn, 05:00 Berlin time — no direct sunlight, only the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon beneath a heavy 92% overcast ceiling. The atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting a high electricity price. Temperature is cool at 10°C; vegetation is lush early-summer green but muted in the low light. Sodium streetlights glow amber along a road in the foreground. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, slate grey, ochre, and forest green — with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze, and meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, cooling tower contour, and industrial structure. No text, no labels.