Brown coal and gas each at 8.6 GW anchor a tight nighttime grid requiring over 21 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
33%
Renewable share
3.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.3 GW
Total generation
-21.3 GW
Net import
154.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.2°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
93% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
451
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left third as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; natural gas 8.6 GW fills the centre-left as angular CCGT plant blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting hot gases, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large chimney and conveyor belt silhouette; biomass 4.4 GW stands right of centre as a mid-sized plant with a rounded wood-chip storage dome and modest stack glowing warmly; wind onshore 3.3 GW occupies the right quarter as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; hydro 2.3 GW appears in the far right as a concrete dam with illuminated spillway; wind offshore 0.4 GW is suggested by a tiny cluster of turbine silhouettes on the distant horizon. The sky is completely dark — deep black-navy, no twilight, no sky glow, dense 93% overcast erasing all stars. Temperature 8°C: early-May vegetation with fresh green leaves on foreground trees, damp spring grass. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 154 EUR/MWh price — thick low clouds press down, haze clings to the cooling towers, sodium streetlights cast harsh amber pools across wet roads and industrial yards. A river in the middle ground reflects the orange industrial glow. No solar panels visible anywhere. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of deep blacks, warm ambers, cool steel-blues, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layered industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene feels monumental and sombre, a masterwork industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.