Brown coal and gas dominate evening generation as calm winds and fading solar drive high prices and heavy net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 3%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 27%
41%
Renewable share
6.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.0 GW
Solar
33.2 GW
Total generation
-21.3 GW
Net import
250.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.1°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
23% / 35.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
409
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#2
The Spike
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lights against a fully dark night sky; natural gas 6.8 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and illuminated control buildings; wind onshore 5.9 GW occupies the centre-right as a scattered row of three-blade turbines on rolling hills, rotors nearly motionless in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall chimney and woodchip storage silos, warmly lit windows glowing; hard coal 3.9 GW sits behind the lignite station as a smaller coal plant with a single large stack and conveyor belts, floodlit; hydro 1.6 GW is rendered as a small concrete dam with spillway in the middle distance, spotlights reflecting off dark water; solar 1.0 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the far right foreground, completely dark and inactive, barely visible under artificial light; wind offshore 0.6 GW is suggested by a few distant turbines on a dark horizon line over a sliver of sea. The sky is deep navy-black with a few stars visible through 23 percent scattered clouds, no twilight glow remaining. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is faintly illuminated by industrial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hazy with industrial warmth, reflecting the extreme 250.9 EUR/MWh price. Temperature of 13°C suggests cool dampness, with faint mist pooling in low terrain. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark colour palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and industrial greys, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against total darkness, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.