Strong wind dominates pre-dawn generation but 5.3 GW net imports needed as solar remains absent and demand climbs.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 53%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 12%
75%
Renewable share
31.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
48.1 GW
Total generation
5.3 GW
Net import
116.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.3°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
64.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
170
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 25.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills into the deep distance; wind offshore 5.6 GW appears as a faint line of larger turbines on the far horizon over a dark sea glimpsed through a valley gap; brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the heavy sky; natural gas 4.5 GW sits center-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and smaller vapor trails; hard coal 1.9 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular boiler house and chimney behind the gas units; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a cluster of industrial biomass facilities with cylindrical fuel silos and moderate stacks with faint grey exhaust near the center; hydro 0.9 GW is a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a stream valley at lower-left. The sky is early dawn, 06:00 in October: deep blue-grey pre-dawn light with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no sun visible, 64% cloud cover shown as heavy stratocumulus layers overhead creating an oppressive, weighty atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is 6.3°C: autumn vegetation with browning grasses, bare-branching deciduous trees, and patches of morning frost on the ground. Wind at 18.5 km/h visibly moves the turbine blades at moderate speed, bends grasses, and shears the steam plumes from the cooling towers sideways. Sodium-orange streetlights glow along a road in the foreground, and the industrial facilities show lit windows and safety lighting. No solar panels anywhere. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with industrial sublime — rich dark blues, warm amber artificial light, visible expressive brushwork, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.