Coal and gas dominate evening generation as 22 GW of net imports fill a wide supply gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 17%
Brown coal 22%
40%
Renewable share
8.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.8 GW
Total generation
-22.0 GW
Net import
188.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.7°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 16.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
410
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.1 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the night sky; hard coal 6.3 GW sits just right of centre as a large coal plant with rectangular mechanical-draft cooling towers and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; natural gas 7.5 GW fills the centre-right as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; wind onshore 7.5 GW spans the right third as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.4 GW appears as distant smaller turbines on the far-right horizon; biomass 4.6 GW is a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a single smoking stack near the coal complex; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure with illuminated spillway at the far left edge. The scene is set at 20:00 in April — full night, completely dark sky of deep navy-black with no twilight glow, no sunset remnants, stars barely visible through an oppressive heavy industrial haze suggesting the high electricity price. All facilities are lit by warm sodium-orange industrial floodlights and glowing windows. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the artificial light at 12.7°C. Light wind stirs branches gently. A broad German river reflects the amber glow of the power stations. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the darkness toward the horizon, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour contrasts between deep blacks, warm industrial oranges, and cool steel blues — visible impasto brushwork — atmospheric depth with layers of steam and haze — meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium cooling tower frameworks, CCGT exhaust geometry. The mood is brooding and industrially sublime, a nocturnal masterwork of the working landscape. No text, no labels.