Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a low-wind, zero-solar night requiring ~19 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
33%
Renewable share
3.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.1 GW
Total generation
-19.3 GW
Net import
142.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.5°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
455
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black night sky, lit from below by harsh sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 7.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, their steel structures illuminated by cold white floodlights; hard coal 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belts visible under amber spotlights; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a cluster of wood-chip-fired CHP plants with modest chimneys and warm glowing windows in industrial buildings, positioned right of centre; onshore wind 3.4 GW appears as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors barely turning in the still air; hydro 1.9 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure in the far background with small illuminated discharge gates; offshore wind 0.4 GW is a single barely visible turbine silhouette on the extreme right horizon. The sky is completely dark — deep black to navy, 100% cloud cover blocking all stars and moonlight, no twilight glow whatsoever, only artificial light sources from the industrial facilities casting pools of orange and white onto the ground. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and hazy, with steam and industrial vapour hanging low, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is cool at 7.5°C; spring vegetation is fresh green but barely visible in the darkness, with dewy grass catching floodlight reflections. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between deep shadow and sodium-lit industrial glow, atmospheric depth with layered fog and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower fluting, CCGT exhaust stack, and conveyor structure. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness married to industrial realism. No text, no labels.