Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as near-zero wind and pre-dawn darkness force heavy thermal dispatch and imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 41%
20%
Renewable share
0.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.2 GW
Total generation
12.5 GW
Net import
189.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.4°C / 1 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
557
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.7 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 overcast sky; natural gas 7.7 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails; hard coal 3.1 GW appears centre-right as a gritty coal-fired plant with conveyor belts and a single large smokestack; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with wood-chip silos and a modest chimney behind the coal plant; hydro 0.8 GW appears as a small concrete dam and spillway in the far right middle ground; wind onshore 0.6 GW is shown as two or three distant three-blade turbines on a ridge, their rotors completely still in the dead-calm air. Time is 06:00 in early October: the sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn, no direct sunlight, no sun visible, the horizon shows only the faintest pale steel-blue glow behind heavy 100% cloud cover. No solar panels anywhere — no sunshine exists. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 189.6 EUR/MWh price: low clouds press down on the industrial landscape. Temperature is 9.4°C — autumn vegetation, brown and gold deciduous trees losing leaves, damp ground, perhaps mist clinging to a river in the foreground. Sodium-orange industrial lighting illuminates the power plants from below, casting warm pools of light against the cold pre-dawn murk. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the distance — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor nacelles on lattice towers, aluminium-clad CCGT housings, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower geometry with internal steam condensation visible. The scene conveys industrial weight and quiet tension. No text, no labels.