Brown coal and gas dominate evening generation as low wind and absent solar force heavy net imports at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 1%
Biomass 19%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 29%
39%
Renewable share
3.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
24.7 GW
Total generation
-25.9 GW
Net import
157.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.9°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
34.0% / 29.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
420
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#2
Wild Ride
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark sky; natural gas 5.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; biomass 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a large industrial plant with a tall rectangular chimney and stacked wood-chip storage silos, warmly lit by sodium lamps; wind onshore 3.2 GW occupies the right background as a row of five three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning very slowly in light breeze; hard coal 2.6 GW sits behind the brown coal station as a smaller conventional plant with a single smokestack and conveyor belt; hydro 1.2 GW is represented by a concrete dam structure at the far right edge with water glinting under floodlights; wind offshore 0.3 GW is barely suggested as a single distant turbine silhouette on a dark horizon line; solar 0.3 GW is absent from the scene — no panels visible. TIME: 20:00 in late April — fully dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remaining, stars faintly visible through 34% scattered clouds. All facilities are lit by harsh sodium-orange industrial lighting, casting long amber reflections on wet spring ground. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hazy with industrial moisture, conveying the high electricity price. Spring vegetation — young green grass, budding deciduous trees at 12.9°C — is barely visible in the artificial light. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich dark palette of navy, amber, slate grey, and warm ochre; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with industrial steam merging into low clouds. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor nacelles, aluminium cooling tower ribbing, CCGT exhaust diffusers, conveyor gantries. The scene evokes a sublime industrial nocturne — the awesome scale of human energy infrastructure against a vast dark sky. No text, no labels, no human figures.