Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a night of low wind, driving heavy imports and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 33%
33%
Renewable share
4.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.6 GW
Total generation
-18.4 GW
Net import
146.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.8°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
10% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
469
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the darkness; natural gas 6.2 GW occupies the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a rectangular boiler house and a single large smokestack; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial biogas facility with cylindrical digesters and a small lit stack; wind onshore 2.1 GW appears as a handful of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning; wind offshore 1.9 GW is suggested by faint red aviation lights of offshore turbines on the far horizon; hydro 1.7 GW is a concrete dam structure in the far right background with illuminated spillway. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, scattered with bright stars through 10% cloud cover — a clear late-May night at 23:00 in central Germany. No twilight, no sky glow on the horizon. All facilities are lit only by artificial light: harsh sodium-yellow and white industrial floodlights casting sharp pools of light, glowing control-room windows, red warning beacons on stacks and turbine nacelles. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price — a faint industrial haze hangs at low altitude, diffusing the artificial lights. Spring foliage on scattered trees is dark and indistinct. A broad river in the mid-ground reflects the orange industrial glow. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and sooty greys — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between lit industrial zones and surrounding darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every installation. No text, no labels.