Coal, gas, and moderate wind supply a generation-short grid requiring ~22 GW net imports under heavy overcast at dawn.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 20%
43%
Renewable share
6.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.5 GW
Solar
28.2 GW
Total generation
21.8 GW
Net import
187.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.2°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
94.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
384
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 5.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; natural gas 5.9 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a pair of large coal-fired stations with rectangular boiler buildings, conveyor belts, and squat chimneys trailing darker smoke; wind onshore 5.6 GW spans the right third as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-free tubular towers turning slowly in light breeze across rolling green farmland; wind offshore 1.0 GW is visible as tiny distant turbines on the far-right horizon above a sliver of grey sea; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a modest wood-chip power station with rounded storage silos near the coal plants; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a shallow valley at far left; solar 0.5 GW is represented by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting no light under the clouds. Time of day is dawn at 06:00 in August — the sky is deep blue-grey with a faint pale luminous band along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm tones, pre-dawn half-light only. The cloud cover is 94%, a heavy uniform overcast pressing low, creating an oppressive ceiling reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is cool 10°C so the summer vegetation — full green deciduous trees, tall grass, wildflowers — appears muted and dew-laden. The air is still with barely perceptible wind at 4.6 km/h. Style: 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 with visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth achieved through subtle gradations of blue-grey and pewter in the sky, warm industrial glows from plant windows and stack-top flames punctuating the pre-dawn darkness. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. The overall mood is solemn, heavy, industrial — a vast landscape where human infrastructure dominates under an unyielding sky. No text, no labels.