Brown coal and wind dominate late-night generation as cold temperatures and zero solar drive thermal dispatch and modest imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 28%
48%
Renewable share
15.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.9 GW
Total generation
-3.0 GW
Net import
119.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.5°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
64% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
374
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.9 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black night sky; wind onshore 10.9 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers set across rolling dark hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 4.8 GW appears in the far right distance as a cluster of turbines visible on a dark horizon over a faintly reflective sea; natural gas 5.3 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and orange-lit industrial buildings; hard coal 4.9 GW is rendered as a coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt infrastructure, positioned just behind the gas plant; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed facility with a rounded silo and low steam vent near the centre; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small dam with spillway gleaming faintly in the lower foreground. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — only artificial light sources: sodium-orange streetlamps lining a road in the foreground, glowing industrial windows, the red blinking lights of turbine nacelles, and the white floodlights illuminating the cooling towers and plant structures. Bare early-spring trees with no leaves stand along field edges, frost visible on dormant brown grass, temperature near freezing. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, thick with industrial haze and an ominous weight suggesting high electricity prices. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette dominated by deep blues, blacks, warm oranges from artificial light, and the ghostly white of steam plumes; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth achieved through layered darkness and scattered points of light receding into the distance. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with correct three-blade rotors, aluminium-clad industrial structures, hyperbolic cooling tower geometry, conveyor infrastructure. The scene evokes a masterwork industrial nocturne, monumental and brooding. No text, no labels.