Wind and brown coal dominate a cold, dark evening as sub-zero temperatures and net imports push prices above 130 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 0%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 22%
52%
Renewable share
22.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
53.9 GW
Total generation
-5.5 GW
Net import
130.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
-0.2°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
2% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
336
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.0 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black night sky, their concrete forms lit by orange sodium lamps at their bases; wind onshore 16.0 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across frozen rolling hills, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 6.3 GW appears in the far right background as a row of turbines standing in a dark sea glimpsed beyond a coastal ridge, their lights reflecting faintly on black water; natural gas 8.9 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin slim exhaust stacks emitting thin translucent plumes, lit by industrial floodlights; hard coal 5.2 GW sits beside the lignite complex as a smaller conventional power station with a single large chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure, coal piles visible under spotlights; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a short stack and warm interior glow visible through windows; hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river station barely visible along a dark river in the middle distance. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy, no twilight, no sky glow, only a scattering of sharp winter stars and a thin crescent moon; the landscape is flat-to-gently-rolling central German terrain with bare deciduous trees and frost-whitened fields under sub-zero temperatures; a thin layer of frost glitters on the ground under artificial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding density to the air, steam hanging low rather than dissipating. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich deep blues, warm sodium oranges, and cold whites; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth achieved through layered fog and steam; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack; the scene conveys the sublime tension between industrial might and the dark frozen natural world. No text, no labels.