Brown coal and onshore wind each supply 10.2 GW as 12.4 GW net imports cover the pre-dawn demand gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 0%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 26%
47%
Renewable share
13.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
39.4 GW
Total generation
12.4 GW
Net import
210.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.0°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
50.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
381
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.2 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; wind onshore 10.2 GW fills the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, rotors turning gently in light wind; natural gas 5.7 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with tall slim exhaust stacks and modest heat shimmer; hard coal 5.1 GW sits centre-right as a large power station with conveyor belts, bunkers, and a single tall chimney trailing grey smoke; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a rounded wood-chip silo and low stack emitting faint vapour in the centre-background; wind offshore 3.0 GW is visible as a distant row of turbines on the far-right horizon above a faint coastal line; hydro 0.9 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir nestled in the lower foreground valley. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn light at 06:00 in September — no direct sunlight, no sun disc, only the faintest pale luminescence on the eastern horizon transitioning from dark navy above; no solar panels visible. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting a 210.8 EUR/MWh price — low-hanging haze, industrial vapours pooling in the valley, a brooding weight to the clouds at roughly 50 percent cover. Temperature is 11°C: early autumn, dew on the grass, leaves beginning to turn amber and rust on scattered deciduous trees. Sodium-yellow streetlights and facility lighting glow warmly against the pre-dawn darkness. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and smokestack, rendered as a masterwork industrial landscape painting. No text, no labels.