Brown coal, gas, and wind lead generation as 21 GW of net imports fill a large evening supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 23%
43%
Renewable share
9.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.9 GW
Total generation
-21.0 GW
Net import
148.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.6°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
382
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.3 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black night sky; natural gas 8.2 GW occupies the centre-left as a pair of modern CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks and glowing orange turbine-hall windows; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a smaller conventional coal station with a single squat cooling tower and conveyor belts faintly lit by sodium lamps; onshore wind 8.6 GW spans the right third of the composition as a long receding line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against total darkness, blades visibly turning in moderate wind; offshore wind 0.8 GW is suggested far in the background right as a tiny cluster of turbines on the horizon with pinpoint lights; biomass 4.7 GW sits in the mid-ground as a timber-clad industrial facility with a smouldering woodchip yard and warm amber light spilling from doorways; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure in the lower-right foreground with white water cascading and illuminated by a single floodlight. The sky is completely black with 98% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — only the heavy oppressive blanket of overcast darkness pressing down, conveying the high electricity price. Sodium-orange streetlights line a road in the foreground, casting pools of amber on wet spring grass and budding trees with fresh April leaves. Faint mist drifts between the industrial structures. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons stretch across the entire scene, symbolising the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark, moody colour palette of deep navy, burnt orange, and charcoal grey — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower contour, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.