Lignite, gas, and coal dominate a calm, overcast midnight with moderate wind and 9.7 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 24%
43%
Renewable share
10.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.0 GW
Total generation
-9.7 GW
Net import
106.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.7°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
390
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 7.9 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall single exhaust stacks releasing shimmering heat haze; hard coal 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a traditional coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses and twin chimneys glowing orange from internal combustion light; wind onshore 7.2 GW spans the right quarter as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a dark ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking, rotors turning very slowly in near-calm air; wind offshore 3.1 GW is suggested in the far distance as tiny red navigation lights on the horizon; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip-fired plant with a modest stack and warm amber-lit fuel yard; hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water faintly gleaming under sodium lamps. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight, only a deep oppressive navy-charcoal ceiling pressing down, reflecting faintly the orange sodium glow of industrial areas below. The air feels heavy and still, spring vegetation barely visible — fresh budding trees and damp grass in the near foreground lit only by artificial light. The overall atmosphere is weighty and tense, conveying the high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette dominated by blacks, deep blues, warm oranges, and sulphurous yellows — visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth with industrial haze. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, aluminium blade profiles, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.