Brown coal and gas dominate a 28.1 GW supply facing 14.5 GW net imports under calm, cold nighttime conditions.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 26%
38%
Renewable share
5.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.1 GW
Total generation
-14.6 GW
Net import
136.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.6°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
27% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
426
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall rectangular boiler building and woodchip conveyor belts, warm amber light spilling from its windows; hard coal 3.9 GW sits behind the biomass as a coal-fired station with a single large stack and coal bunkers, lit by floodlights; wind onshore 2.7 GW appears in the right background as a cluster of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.3 GW is suggested by distant turbine silhouettes on the far-right horizon; hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam structure with spillway visible at the far right edge. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow, a late-spring night at 23:00 with scattered stars visible through 27% thin cloud cover. The temperature is a cold 4.6°C; frost glints faintly on the grass and bare spring vegetation in the foreground. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low haze clings to the ground, industrial smoke hangs motionless in the windless air. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights casting orange pools, floodlit industrial yards, glowing control-room windows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep blues, blacks, burnt umber, and sodium orange — with visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, exhaust stacks, and conveyor structures. No text, no labels.