Coal and gas carry domestic generation while 23.3 GW of net imports bridge a wide gap on a windless, overcast evening.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 4%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 28%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 24%
32%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.4 GW
Solar
33.5 GW
Total generation
-23.3 GW
Net import
227.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.1°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 103.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
451
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into an oppressive overcast sky; natural gas 9.5 GW fills the centre-left as a row of modern CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 5.2 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial complex with a large square chimney and coal conveyors; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a group of medium-sized wood-fired CHP plants with rounded silos and modest stacks trailing grey smoke; wind onshore 2.2 GW appears as a handful of widely spaced three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 1.0 GW shows as two or three tiny turbines on the far horizon line; solar 1.4 GW is represented by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the right foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting only grey sky; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with a powerhouse nestled at the base of a gentle hill in the far right. TIME OF DAY: late dusk at 19:00 in April — a narrow band of deep orange-red glow lingers just above the western horizon, the sky above transitioning rapidly from dark slate grey to deep navy, the first sodium streetlights along a road in the foreground casting amber pools on wet pavement. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme 227.8 EUR/MWh price — low thick clouds press down on the landscape, humidity visible in the air as a slight haze around every light source. Spring vegetation: fresh bright-green grass and budding deciduous trees, but subdued by the fading light. Light wind barely moves the tree branches. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, sombre colour palette of ochre, slate, umber and deep Prussian blue; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower fluting, panel frame, and exhaust stack. The composition conveys a vast industrial plain stretching to the horizon, evoking both the sublime scale of Caspar David Friedrich and the industrial realism of Adolph Menzel. No text, no labels.