Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as calm winds, no sun, and high demand drive 17 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 25%
47%
Renewable share
11.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.3 GW
Total generation
-17.0 GW
Net import
163.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.7°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
371
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange floodlights; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a traditional coal plant with a large boiler house, conveyor belts, and a single shorter cooling tower; wind onshore 6.9 GW is represented by a scattered line of tall three-blade turbines on a dark ridge in the right-centre, rotors nearly motionless in the calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 4.6 GW is suggested far right by a faint cluster of offshore turbine silhouettes barely visible against the horizon; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a modest wood-fired CHP plant with a gently smoking stack nestled between the coal and gas facilities; hydro 1.6 GW is a small run-of-river station with illuminated spillway at the far right edge near a dark river. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy, 100% cloud cover blocking all stars and moonlight, no twilight glow whatsoever — this is full night at 21:00 in May. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 163.6 EUR/MWh price. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools on wet-looking roads and industrial yards. Spring vegetation — lush green deciduous trees and grass — is barely visible in the artificial light, at roughly 15°C mild temperature. The river reflects the orange industrial glow. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.