Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate as fading solar and weak wind force heavy thermal dispatch and 24.4 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 5%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 32%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 26%
30%
Renewable share
2.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.8 GW
Solar
35.1 GW
Total generation
-24.4 GW
Net import
224.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.7°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
4% / 129.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
464
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Natural gas 11.2 GW dominates the centre of the scene as a cluster of large combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat plumes; brown coal 9.0 GW occupies the left third as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam columns beside open-pit lignite mines with terraced earth; hard coal 4.6 GW appears in the centre-left as a gritty coal-fired power station with rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with wood-chip storage domes and a moderate stack, positioned just right of centre; hydro 1.9 GW appears as a concrete dam with a narrow cascade of water in the right-middle distance; solar 1.8 GW is shown as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels catching the very last orange rays at the far right; wind onshore 2.0 GW appears as a few three-blade turbines on a ridge in the far background, their rotors barely turning in the light breeze; wind offshore 0.1 GW is a single tiny turbine silhouette on the distant horizon. Time of day is 19:00 in mid-April — dusk lighting with a deep orange-red glow confined to the lower horizon line, the sky above transitioning from amber to darkening blue-grey. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme electricity price — a thick industrial haze hangs over the thermal plants, the air dense with moisture and emissions. Spring vegetation shows fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees at 13.7°C, with nearly clear skies (4% cloud cover) allowing the last direct solar radiation to paint the cooling towers in warm amber. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro — but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic profile, CCGT exhaust stack, and PV panel frame. The scene conveys the sublime tension between industrial power and fading natural light. No text, no labels.