Brown coal leads at 12.7 GW as thermal plants dominate a cool, low-wind March night with elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 33%
38%
Renewable share
9.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.8 GW
Total generation
+38.8 GW
Net export
146.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.3°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
34% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
446
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive cluster of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black night sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights revealing their concrete ribbing; onshore wind 8.9 GW spans the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their rotors turning slowly, red aviation warning lights blinking along the ridgeline; natural gas 6.3 GW occupies the centre-left as several compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 5.0 GW appears centre-right as a traditional coal plant with a large rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts, and a pair of tall chimneys with faint grey exhaust; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and a modest smokestack emitting pale vapor, nestled between the coal and gas plants; offshore wind 0.4 GW is barely suggested as a distant tiny cluster of turbine lights on the far horizon; hydro 1.0 GW is hinted at by a small concrete dam structure at the far right edge with water gleaming under floodlights. The sky is completely dark — deep black to navy, no twilight, no moon — with only a scattering of stars visible through 34% cloud cover rendered as thin grey veils drifting across the firmament. The landscape is flat central German terrain with sparse early-spring vegetation — bare deciduous trees, patches of brown grass — suggesting 5.3 °C cool air with a slight ground mist. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 146.8 EUR/MWh electricity price: the air is dense, the steam plumes hang low, the sodium lighting casts a sickly amber pall over the industrial sprawl. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the dark sky and the glowing industrial facilities, deep atmospheric perspective, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.