Coal and gas dominate domestic output as calm, overcast night forces heavy imports to meet 56 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 31%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 27%
27%
Renewable share
2.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.9 GW
Total generation
-24.2 GW
Net import
155.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.0°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
94% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
487
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights; natural gas 9.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.9 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular cooling tower and conveyor belt infrastructure under yellow security lighting; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-ground cluster of wood-chip-fed CHP plants with moderate chimneys and small steam wisps, warmly lit; wind onshore 2.3 GW appears as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors barely turning; wind offshore 0.2 GW is a single barely visible turbine silhouette on the far horizon; hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in a valley to the far right with water gleaming under floodlights. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy, fully overcast at 94% cloud cover with no stars visible, no twilight, no sky glow — it is 21:00 in April. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 155 EUR/MWh price — a dense, low ceiling of clouds faintly catching the industrial glow beneath. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the foreground under dim amber light, temperature a mild 15°C. Transmission line towers with high-voltage cables recede toward the horizon in multiple directions, suggesting massive power imports. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of deep blues, blacks, warm ambers and industrial oranges, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, with meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, CCGT stack, and conveyor structure. The mood is of sublime industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.