Brown coal, gas, and imports dominate as overcast night eliminates solar and wind underperforms against 55 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 25%
46%
Renewable share
9.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.7 GW
Total generation
-20.7 GW
Net import
147.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.3°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
374
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark sky, illuminated by orange sodium floodlights; natural gas 6.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls behind chain-link fences; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a single large coal plant with a rectangular chimney and conveyor belts visible under industrial lighting; wind onshore 7.7 GW spans the right third as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested by distant turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line at far right; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip-fired plant with a modest stack and a warm-lit fuel yard piled with timber; hydro 1.9 GW is rendered as a small dam structure in the lower right with water cascading under floodlights. The sky is completely dark — 21:00 in May, full night, no twilight remnant — an oppressive, heavy 100% cloud cover ceiling barely visible in the reflected industrial glow, rendered in deep charcoal and navy tones conveying the high 147 EUR/MWh price tension. Spring vegetation — fresh green deciduous trees and meadow grass — is faintly visible near the foreground under amber streetlight spill. Temperature is mild at 14°C; no frost, no heat shimmer. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the background, symbolising the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour, visible brushwork, atmospheric depth — with meticulous technical accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and smokestack detail. No text, no labels.