Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a 29.5 GW supply requiring 16.4 GW net imports under calm, overcast night conditions.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 29%
36%
Renewable share
4.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.5 GW
Total generation
-16.4 GW
Net import
151.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.9°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
447
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.4 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze, their steel casings gleaming under harsh white spotlights; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a large conventional power station with a single broad chimney and visible coal conveyors, illuminated by amber yard lights; biomass 4.3 GW sits to the right of the coal plant as a wood-chip-fed CHP facility with a modest stack and a steaming district-heat pipeline, warmly lit; wind onshore 3.4 GW appears in the far right middle-ground as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.4 GW is suggested by a distant row of tiny red lights on the far horizon; hydro 1.4 GW is represented by a small concrete dam structure in the right foreground with water glistening under a single floodlight. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy with total 98% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — pressing down oppressively to convey the 151.4 EUR/MWh price tension. The landscape is a gently rolling central German terrain with fresh late-spring vegetation, new leaves on scattered trees barely visible in the artificial light. The atmosphere is heavy, humid, hazy — steam and exhaust merge into a low industrial murk that diffuses all light sources into haloes. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the darkness toward the borders, subtly implying the large import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep night and the glowing industrial complexes, atmospheric depth achieved through layered haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.