Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a low-wind, sunless night requiring 8.4 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 28%
40%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.3 GW
Total generation
-8.4 GW
Net import
126.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.1°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
424
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.8 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat haze; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a pair of dark rectangular boiler houses with conveyor belts and a single shorter cooling tower; wind onshore 6.0 GW stretches across the right quarter as a row of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 0.8 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of tiny turbine silhouettes on the far-right horizon; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a compact wood-chip plant with a domed silo and a modest smokestack glowing warmly between the coal and gas installations; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam and penstock visible in the mid-ground near a dark river reflecting industrial lights. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-black, 3 AM with no moon or stars visible through 95% overcast cloud — with a heavy, oppressive low ceiling of clouds faintly lit from below by the amber and white glow of the industrial facilities. The landscape is flat central German terrain with early spring grass and budding deciduous trees barely visible in darkness. The atmosphere feels dense and weighty, conveying the high electricity price. Puddles on asphalt roads reflect the sodium-orange industrial glow. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.