Gas, coal, and moderate wind power a 53.8 GW nighttime load requiring 14.2 GW net imports under overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 17%
45%
Renewable share
11.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.6 GW
Total generation
-14.1 GW
Net import
129.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.6°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
361
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into blackness; hard coal 4.9 GW sits just right of centre as a sprawling power station with conveyor belts and a tall brick chimney emitting grey exhaust; natural gas 10.2 GW occupies the centre-right as three modern combined-cycle gas turbine units with sleek steel exhaust stacks and glowing orange service lights; wind onshore 9.9 GW fills the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning slowly; wind offshore 1.8 GW is glimpsed far in the background right as a faint line of turbines on the horizon; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed generating hall with a low rectangular stack near the coal plant; hydro 1.6 GW is a small dam and penstock visible in the lower-left foreground beside a dark river reflecting artificial lights. Night scene at 22:00 in central Germany: completely dark sky, no twilight, no stars visible — heavy 100% overcast ceiling in deep charcoal-navy tones pressing down oppressively. All illumination is artificial: sodium-orange streetlights line a road in the foreground, bluish-white floodlights bathe the industrial facilities, and the cooling tower steam is lit from below in warm amber. Spring vegetation — bare-branched oaks and early green grass — is barely discernible in the gloom at 8.6°C. Light wind ruffles puddles on the road. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price. No solar panels anywhere. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of umber, Prussian blue, and cadmium orange; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between glowing industrial light and surrounding darkness; atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling tower plumes; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, CCGT exhaust assemblies, and coal conveyor systems. The scene evokes a modern-industrial sublime — vast, brooding, monumental. No text, no labels.