Brown coal and onshore wind dominate evening generation as solar is absent and 2.7 GW of net imports supplement tight supply.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 28%
48%
Renewable share
16.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
45.4 GW
Total generation
-2.7 GW
Net import
126.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.7°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
93% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
378
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power plant complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black night sky, glowing orange furnace light spilling from openings at their base; onshore wind 15.2 GW spans the entire background and right half as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness, rotors turning at moderate speed; natural gas 5.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility in the centre-right with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin hot plumes, lit by industrial sodium lights; hard coal 5.1 GW sits centre-left as a coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts visible under floodlights; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a smaller industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and modest chimney near the centre; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway at the far right edge; offshore wind 1.1 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbines on the far horizon with tiny blinking lights. The sky is completely black with heavy 93% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a deep oppressive canopy of cloud faintly lit from below by the orange-sodium glow of industrial facilities. The landscape is flat north-German lowland, early spring with bare-branched trees and dull brown-green grass. Temperature near 7°C gives a cold damp atmosphere with faint mist clinging to the ground. The high electricity price is conveyed through a heavy, brooding atmosphere with dense industrial haze. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of burnt umber, lamp black, cadmium orange, and Prussian blue — visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting from the industrial sources against the void of night, atmospheric depth with receding layers of turbines vanishing into murky darkness. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, CCGT stacks, and coal conveyors. No text, no labels.