Brown coal and gas each at 8.7 GW anchor a thermally dominated evening grid requiring 25 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 28%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
32%
Renewable share
3.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.1 GW
Total generation
-25.1 GW
Net import
182.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.6°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
457
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, their concrete forms lit by harsh sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 8.7 GW fills the centre-left as a modern CCGT plant with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by bright white facility lighting; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belt structures, glowing amber under security lights; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip silo and a modest smokestack, warm yellow light spilling from its windows, positioned right of centre; wind onshore 2.8 GW appears as a few scattered three-blade turbines on a distant ridge at far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors barely turning; hydro 2.3 GW is suggested by a small dam and powerhouse nestled at the far right edge with water glinting under a single floodlight; wind offshore 0.3 GW is a tiny silhouette of one offshore turbine barely visible on a dark horizon line. The sky is completely black and overcast — no moon, no stars, no twilight glow — a heavy 100% cloud ceiling presses down oppressively, conveying the high 182.7 EUR/MWh price as atmospheric weight and tension. The landscape is a cool early-May German plain at 8.6°C with fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees barely visible in the darkness, damp with spring moisture. Puddles on industrial access roads reflect the sodium streetlights. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the engulfing darkness, atmospheric depth with haze and steam diffusing the artificial light sources, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack flange. No text, no labels.