Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate nighttime generation as low wind and zero solar drive imports and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
42%
Renewable share
10.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.4 GW
Total generation
-11.4 GW
Net import
117.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.1°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
395
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 8.9 GW fills the centre-left as two tall CCGT exhaust stacks with shimmering heat haze and compact turbine halls, security lights casting pools of amber on wet concrete; wind onshore 6.7 GW spans the centre-right as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a low ridge, rotors turning very slowly in negligible wind, red aviation warning lights blinking; hard coal 4.3 GW appears centre-left as a conventional coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts, illuminated by floodlights; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fired CHP facility with a squat cylindrical silo and a single exhaust flue emitting pale vapour, tucked behind the coal plant; wind offshore 3.6 GW is suggested in the far background right as a faint cluster of red blinking lights on the dark horizon representing North Sea turbines; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small illuminated dam spillway nestled in a forested valley at the far right edge. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 98 percent cloud cover blocking all stars and moonlight, creating a heavy oppressive overcast ceiling reflecting the industrial glow below in a dull amber haze. The season is early spring—bare branches with the first tiny leaf buds on scattered deciduous trees, dormant brown grass, puddles reflecting artificial light. Temperature around 8 degrees Celsius suggested by faint mist curling low along the ground. The elevated electricity price is conveyed through a brooding, dense, almost suffocating atmosphere pressing down on the industrial landscape. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the pitch-dark sky and the warm industrial glow, atmospheric depth receding into hazy darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack, evoking Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision. No text, no labels.