Coal, gas, and moderate wind power a cold spring night; 10 GW net imports bridge the generation gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 20%
48%
Renewable share
10.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.3 GW
Total generation
-10.1 GW
Net import
104.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
351
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.7 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as a pair of modern CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls lit by sodium-orange industrial lights; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a classic coal-fired station with rectangular cooling towers and conveyor belts visible under floodlights; wind onshore 9.8 GW spans the entire right third and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark river; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip power plant with a modest stack and warmly lit storage facility; hydro 1.4 GW is rendered as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far left, water gleaming under facility lights. The sky is completely black with no twilight or glow on the horizon — a deep-navy to black firmament scattered with cold sharp stars, perfectly clear with zero cloud cover. The air feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, with an almost sulphurous amber-tinted haze hanging low around the industrial facilities, reflecting the high electricity price. Frost glitters on early spring grass and bare branches in the foreground. Temperature near freezing: patches of frost on metal structures, breath-like condensation visible near lit windows. Light wind barely stirs the scene. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the warm industrial glow and the cold dark sky, atmospheric depth receding into blackness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime vastness but filled with the monumental machinery of modern energy. No text, no labels.