Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a cold, windless pre-dawn hour requiring 15.6 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 25%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 30%
33%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.5 GW
Total generation
-15.6 GW
Net import
116.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.5°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
460
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into a completely black, starless night sky, their concrete forms lit from below by amber sodium lamps; natural gas 6.6 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin plumes, lit by harsh industrial floodlights; biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and a single squat smokestack with warm reddish glow at its base; hard coal 3.4 GW occupies the right-centre as a traditional coal plant with a large boiler house and conveyor belts, lit by yellow security lights; wind onshore 3.1 GW is rendered as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge at the far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly in the darkness, rotors barely turning; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the far background with a thin cascade of water catching artificial light; wind offshore 0.2 GW is a barely visible pair of turbines on the extreme far horizon. The sky is pure deep black with no twilight glow whatsoever — it is 4 AM. The ground shows late-April dormant grass with a light frost, temperature near freezing. The air is utterly still, no motion in trees or flags. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price — a thick, brooding industrial haze hangs low, trapping the amber and yellow light of the facilities. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons cross the scene, suggesting heavy power flow. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of blacks, deep navy, amber, and ochre — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.