Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate a windless, sunless night requiring ~21 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 31%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 28%
27%
Renewable share
2.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.3 GW
Total generation
-21.3 GW
Net import
138.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.7°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
489
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 9.5 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, their steel structures illuminated by harsh white work-lights; hard coal 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a dark coal-fired plant with a single large chimney and conveyor belts, glowing dull red from furnace glow visible through small windows; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial facility to the right with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack emitting pale vapour under artificial light; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small illuminated concrete dam in the far right background with water spilling over a weir catching lamplight; wind onshore 2.4 GW is shown as a few barely visible three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors nearly still, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a deep oppressive overcast pressing down, conveying the tension of a 138.8 EUR/MWh price. The season is mid-April: bare trees just beginning to bud, wet spring grass dimly visible. The foreground is a dark ploughed field reflecting faint sodium light from the industrial complex. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the murk, hinting at massive cross-border power flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, dark palette of deep navy, burnt sienna, amber, and charcoal — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric sfumato in the steam and darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.