Brown coal and gas anchor overnight generation while 12.4 GW of net imports cover subdued wind and absent solar.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 27%
42%
Renewable share
5.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
25.1 GW
Total generation
-12.4 GW
Net import
124.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.1°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
16% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
409
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into black sky; wind onshore 4.4 GW appears as a row of tall three-blade turbines on a gentle ridge in the centre-left, blades turning barely perceptibly in near-still air; natural gas 4.2 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.1 GW sits centre-right as a rectangular industrial facility with a wood-chip conveyor and a single chimney glowing faintly; hard coal 3.6 GW appears right of centre as a traditional coal plant with a tall rectangular boiler house and a tapered smokestack; wind offshore 0.8 GW is glimpsed far right as distant turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line suggesting the North Sea; hydro 1.3 GW is represented by a small dam structure in the far right foreground with water cascading whitely. Time is 04:00 — the sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black with faint stars visible through 16% cloud cover; no twilight, no sky glow, only the sodium-orange streetlights along access roads and the amber industrial lighting of the power plants illuminate the scene. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, with a thick haze hanging at low altitude reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is 6°C in mid-May: early spring vegetation is present but muted, fresh green grass barely visible in the artificial light, bare-branched trees beginning to leaf out. Light wind is conveyed by nearly motionless turbine blades and still water surfaces. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of indigo, umber, and sodium orange, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on each turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, CCGT exhaust geometry, and coal-plant boiler structure. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnal sublime transposed onto an industrial energy landscape. No text, no labels.