Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as cold, windless evening drives high imports and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 30%
42%
Renewable share
11.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.0 GW
Total generation
-14.9 GW
Net import
154.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.1°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
415
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 5.0 GW appears just right of centre as a pair of large coal-fired boiler houses with tall chimneys, coal conveyor belts visible, illuminated by industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.0 GW occupies the centre-right as two compact CCGT power blocks with single slender exhaust stacks releasing thin vapour trails under artificial lighting; wind onshore 8.0 GW fills the right quarter as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers spread across a dark ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors nearly still in the calm air; wind offshore 3.0 GW is suggested in the far-right background as tiny silhouettes of offshore turbines on a barely visible dark sea horizon; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a rounded silo and low exhaust, warmly lit, nestled between the coal complex and wind turbines; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam spillway in the foreground valley, faintly reflecting industrial light. The sky is completely overcast with heavy low clouds, coloured deep charcoal and slate grey with no remaining twilight — this is the last moment of dusk at 19:00 in late March, only the faintest residual orange-red glow lingers at the very lowest edge of the western horizon, the rest of the sky dark navy to black. Temperature is near freezing: bare deciduous trees, frost-rimmed grass, patches of old snow on the ground. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, dense — reflecting 154 EUR/MWh pricing. Smoke and steam merge with the low cloud base. The overall mood is sombre industrial weight pressing on a cold landscape. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, warm industrial light against cold blue-black sky, atmospheric perspective carrying haze and steam into layered distance. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, coal conveyor structure, and gas-turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.