Overcast dawn: wind and brown coal lead generation while 10.9 GW net imports fill the gap to meet 41.9 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 14%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 18%
59%
Renewable share
8.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.4 GW
Solar
31.0 GW
Total generation
-10.9 GW
Net import
109.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.3°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
282
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 5.6 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into heavy overcast skies; natural gas 4.6 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks trailing thin vapour; onshore wind 7.0 GW spans the right third of the composition as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers turning slowly in light wind across gentle green hills; offshore wind 1.5 GW appears as a distant row of taller turbines on the far-right horizon near a grey sea; solar 4.4 GW is rendered as fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground but reflecting only dull grey light — no sunshine, no highlights; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack near centre-right; hard coal 2.5 GW is a smaller coal-fired station with twin chimneys and a conveyor belt visible to the far left behind the lignite towers; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and reservoir partially visible in a valley at right background. The sky is entirely overcast with low, dense, oppressive stratiform clouds in muted grey and slate blue, conveying the high electricity price; pre-dawn light at 06:00 Berlin time renders the scene in pale blue-grey tones — no direct sunlight, no warm colours in the sky, just the faintest luminosity along the eastern horizon behind the clouds. Lush green summer vegetation at 20°C — full deciduous canopies, tall grass, wildflowers in meadows. Atmospheric perspective with industrial haze. 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, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth — but with meticulous technical accuracy in rendering each energy installation. No text, no labels.