Brown coal and onshore wind lead generation as large net imports fill a 13.9 GW gap at pre-dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
46%
Renewable share
9.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.9 GW
Solar
33.5 GW
Total generation
-13.9 GW
Net import
129.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.6°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
50.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
390
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 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 sky; onshore wind 7.6 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills; natural gas 4.7 GW appears as a group of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer in the centre-left; hard coal 4.0 GW sits as a dark industrial complex with conveyor belts and a large smokestack near the brown coal plant; biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized facility with wood-chip storage domes and a modest flue; offshore wind 1.6 GW appears as a faint row of turbines on the far-right horizon above a grey sea; hydro 1.6 GW is a concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley on the far left; solar 0.9 GW is a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels sitting dark and inert, reflecting no light. Time of day is 05:00 in late June — first pale pre-dawn light paints the eastern horizon a thin band of cold steel-blue and faint lavender, while the upper sky remains deep navy-blue, nearly black overhead; no direct sunlight anywhere. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hazy with industrial moisture, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is mild at 18.6°C; lush green summer vegetation covers the hills, grasses slightly damp with dew. Wind is nearly calm at 3.4 km/h — turbine blades turn slowly. Half the sky carries mid-level cloud. Sodium-orange streetlights glow along a small road in the foreground. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and gas-plant exhaust stack. No text, no labels.