Brown coal and gas dominate as overcast skies eliminate solar and heavy imports cover a 17.4 GW shortfall.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 32%
42%
Renewable share
11.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.7 GW
Total generation
17.4 GW
Net import
198.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.0°C / 4 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
414
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes; hard coal 3.9 GW appears just right of centre-left as a smaller coal plant with a single tall smokestack and conveyor belt; natural gas 5.8 GW occupies the centre as two modern CCGT units with sleek exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; wind onshore 6.4 GW fills the centre-right as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly; wind offshore 5.1 GW appears in the far right background as a line of turbines rising from a distant grey sea horizon; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a rounded silo and short chimney near the onshore turbines; hydro 0.7 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a modest concrete dam in the foreground stream. No solar panels anywhere — the sky is completely overcast. Time is early dawn, 06:00 in October: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale pre-dawn luminance along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, all structures lit by their own industrial lighting — sodium-orange lamps on the coal plants, white LED floods on the gas turbines. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting a 198 EUR/MWh price: low thick cloud ceiling pressing down, mist clinging to the ground, damp autumn fields with yellowing stubble and bare hedgerows at 8°C. Light surface wind barely stirs the grass. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich muted colour palette of slate grey, ochre, burnt sienna, and cold blue; visible expressive brushwork; atmospheric depth with fog layers receding toward the offshore turbines. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all technology: three-blade rotors with visible nacelles and aviation warning lights, aluminium-clad CCGT housings, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower geometry with internal steam condensation visible. No text, no labels.