Brown coal, gas, and wind anchor a 36.2 GW generation mix requiring 11.9 GW net imports at nightfall.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 15%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 21%
51%
Renewable share
12.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.2 GW
Total generation
-11.9 GW
Net import
151.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.5°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
336
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.5 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by amber sodium lamps; wind onshore 7.3 GW spans the centre-left as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; natural gas 6.0 GW occupies the centre as a compact CCGT plant with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by harsh white floodlights; wind offshore 5.4 GW appears in the far right background as a line of turbines standing in dark water, visible only by their red beacon lights reflected on the sea surface; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered centre-right as a modest industrial facility with a single smokestack and warm amber-lit windows surrounded by stacked timber; hard coal 4.1 GW sits to the left of the biomass plant as a coal-fired station with a rectangular cooling tower and conveyor belts illuminated by industrial floodlights; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam in the far background with white water cascading under a single spotlight. The sky is completely dark — no twilight, no sky glow — a deep black-navy canopy with heavy 100% overcast obscuring all stars, creating a low oppressive ceiling reflecting the orange-sodium glow of the industrial landscape below. The atmosphere feels heavy, dense, and pressurised, evoking the 151 EUR/MWh price tension. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and leafy birch trees at 10.5 °C — is barely visible in pools of artificial light. A faint breeze stirs the grass. Foreground includes a wet asphalt road reflecting the amber and white industrial lights. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.