Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as calm, overcast night drives 18 GW of net imports at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 0%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 27%
33%
Renewable share
3.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.9 GW
Total generation
-18.1 GW
Net import
130.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.0°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
455
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers, their white steam plumes rising thickly into a pitch-black, fully overcast night sky, illuminated from below by harsh sodium-orange industrial floodlights. Natural gas 7.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of modern CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, lit by white facility lights. Hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a blocky coal-fired plant with a large smokestack and conveyor belt infrastructure, coal piles faintly visible under amber spotlights. Biomass 4.4 GW sits to the right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and modest steam vent, warmly lit. Wind onshore 3.0 GW appears as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, rotors barely turning in the still air. Wind offshore 0.9 GW is suggested as a handful of tiny turbine silhouettes on the far horizon over a dark plain. Hydro 1.5 GW is rendered as a small dam structure in the lower right foreground with water reflecting industrial light. No solar panels, no sunshine — it is completely dark. The sky is deep black to navy, heavy with 100% cloud cover pressing down oppressively, no stars visible, no twilight glow. The atmosphere feels heavy and expensive — thick, humid spring air at 8°C, bare-branched trees just beginning to bud in the foreground, early spring grass damp and pale. Sodium streetlights line a road in the foreground. High-voltage transmission lines cross the scene, symbolizing the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark, moody colour palette of deep indigos, warm oranges, and industrial greys — visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, with meticulous engineering accuracy for each power technology. No text, no labels.