Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate nighttime generation as 10.7 GW of net imports cover a supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 25%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 23%
37%
Renewable share
10.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.3 GW
Total generation
-10.7 GW
Net import
158.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.0°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
47% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
422
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.2 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness; natural gas 10.7 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thinner plumes, lit by orange sodium floodlights; hard coal 6.2 GW appears centre-right as a heavy industrial complex with conveyor belts, coal bunkers, and a pair of large chimneys with red aviation warning lights; wind onshore 9.3 GW spans the right third as a long line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across low rolling hills, their nacelle lights blinking white; wind offshore 1.4 GW is barely visible as a distant cluster of turbine lights on the far-right horizon; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a modest smokestack near the coal complex; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the lower-right foreground. Time is 22:00—completely dark, deep navy-to-black sky with no twilight, no sky glow, only artificial lighting: harsh sodium-orange floods illuminating the power stations, red blinking lights on stacks and turbine tips. Partial cloud cover at 47% reveals occasional patches of faint stars between dark cloud masses. Temperature is 4°C in late March—bare deciduous trees with no foliage, patches of lingering frost on the ground, early spring grass barely visible. Moderate wind shown through slight turbine blade motion blur and steam plume drift. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price—thick industrial haze hangs over the thermal plants, the air dense with moisture and combustion exhaust. High-voltage transmission lines with steel lattice pylons cross the scene diagonally, cables catching glints of orange light. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, deep atmospheric perspective—but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust detail. The mood is sublime industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.