Brown coal and gas anchor overnight supply as low wind and zero solar drive imports and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 28%
43%
Renewable share
8.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.4 GW
Total generation
-8.9 GW
Net import
123.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.7°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
69% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
402
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 5.7 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat haze, their turbine halls glowing with interior fluorescent light; hard coal 3.7 GW sits centre-right as a single large coal plant with a prominent chimney stack and coal conveyor belts, lit by amber work lights; wind onshore 6.6 GW spans the right third as a line of fifteen three-blade turbines on lattice towers receding into the distance across low rolling hills, their nacelle warning lights blinking red; wind offshore 1.9 GW appears as a small cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly visible sea; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip silo and short stack emitting pale smoke, nestled between the gas plant and the wind turbines; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure with spillway in the lower-right foreground, water faintly reflecting industrial light. TIME: 02:00 — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars barely visible through 69% cloud cover that forms a heavy grey-charcoal overcast layer. Temperature 5.7°C: early May but cold, bare-branched hedgerows and damp grass with dew, sparse early spring foliage. Wind speed extremely low at 1.5 km/h: turbine blades nearly still, smoke and steam rising vertically. Atmosphere oppressive and heavy, conveying high electricity prices — low ceiling of clouds pressing down, a sense of industrial weight and thermal dominance. A pair of high-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons cross the middle ground, symbolising the import flows. Foreground includes a wet country road reflecting the orange glow of the power stations. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, sombre colour palette of deep indigo, charcoal grey, amber, and burnt sienna; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with industrial haze softening the distant turbines; meticulous engineering detail on every facility. No text, no labels.