Onshore wind dominates at 19.4 GW while brown coal and gas fill the residual load gap at dawn.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 50%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 10%
79%
Renewable share
22.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.3 GW
Solar
38.5 GW
Total generation
-4.2 GW
Net import
91.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.5°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
76.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
144
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.4 GW spans the right half of the canvas as a vast field of dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching to the horizon, rotors visibly turning in strong wind; wind offshore 3.3 GW appears as a distant cluster of taller offshore turbines barely visible through haze on the far right horizon above a grey sea strip. Brown coal 4.0 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes drifting rightward in the wind, beside open-pit mine terraces. Biomass 4.2 GW sits in the centre-left as a large industrial plant with a tall exhaust stack and adjacent wood-chip storage silos. Natural gas 3.1 GW is rendered in the centre as two compact CCGT units with slim silver exhaust stacks and small heat-recovery steam generators. Hard coal 1.1 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular smokestack behind the gas plant. Solar 2.3 GW is represented as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre-right middle ground, their surfaces dark and matte, reflecting no sunlight. Hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a modest concrete dam and spillway visible in a valley in the left background. TIME AND LIGHT: pre-dawn at 06:00, deep blue-grey sky with the faintest pale glow along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, heavy 76% overcast cloud layer pressing low — sodium-orange industrial lighting illuminates the power plants and cooling towers from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high 91.8 EUR/MWh price — thick cloud cover, a faint mist hangs over the landscape. SEASON AND VEGETATION: early May but cold at 4.5 °C, fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees but with a wintry chill — frost on fence posts and turbine bases. Wind at 16.4 km/h bends grasses and swirls steam plumes. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich dark blues, greys, ochres, and warm sodium-lamp oranges — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective fading the distant turbines into mist, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.