Brown coal and gas dominate as wind underperforms and zero solar drives heavy imports at dawn.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 31%
38%
Renewable share
8.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.6 GW
Total generation
18.3 GW
Net import
207.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.1°C / 3 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
437
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; natural gas 7.0 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; hard coal 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a conventional coal plant with rectangular cooling towers and conveyor belts; wind onshore 6.5 GW spans the right third as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a ridge, their blades barely turning in near-still air; wind offshore 2.2 GW is visible as distant turbines on a grey horizon line over a sliver of the North Sea; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and modest smokestack near the coal plant; hydro 0.9 GW is a small run-of-river weir in the foreground with gentle white water. Time is 06:00 in early October: the sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn light with absolutely no direct sun, the entire sky blanketed in 100% unbroken low stratus cloud, creating an oppressive heavy atmosphere suggesting high electricity prices. Temperature is 8°C: autumn vegetation with yellowing deciduous trees and dew on brown grass. Light wind means near-still air with steam plumes rising almost vertically. Sodium streetlights still glow amber along an access road. The overall mood is heavy, industrial, tense. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich dark palette of slate grey, ochre, umber, and muted teal; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with mist in the river valley; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and smokestack. No text, no labels.