Brown coal, onshore wind, and biomass anchor a tight, import-dependent grid under full overcast at dawn.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 9%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 23%
57%
Renewable share
7.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.3 GW
Solar
26.4 GW
Total generation
13.9 GW
Net import
124.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.9°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
312
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Onshore wind 7.1 GW dominates the right third of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, their rotors turning slowly in light wind. Brown coal 6.1 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes into the grey sky. Biomass 3.8 GW appears as a cluster of industrial biomass plants with wood-chip storage domes and modest chimneys in the left-centre. Natural gas 2.9 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer in the centre-left. Hard coal 2.4 GW sits behind the gas plants as a traditional coal station with conveyor belts and a single large stack. Solar 2.3 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre-right foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting only grey sky, producing minimal output. Hydro 0.9 GW is a small run-of-river station with a weir visible along a river in the middle distance. Offshore wind 0.8 GW is suggested by faint turbine silhouettes on the far horizon. The sky is a uniform ceiling of heavy, oppressive stratiform cloud — 100% overcast — in tones of slate grey and dull pewter, conveying the high electricity price through atmospheric weight. The lighting is pre-dawn: pale blue-grey illumination with no direct sunlight, no warm tones, the first feeble glow of civil twilight barely distinguishing sky from land. Temperature is cool at 11.9°C; summer vegetation is lush and deeply green but dew-soaked, with mist lingering in the river valley. The overall mood is heavy, industrial, and brooding. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.