Brown coal, onshore wind, and gas dominate a 45 GW overnight load met partly by 10.4 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 25%
44%
Renewable share
9.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.6 GW
Total generation
-10.4 GW
Net import
119.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.2°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
384
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, their bases lit by harsh sodium-orange floodlights; onshore wind 8.4 GW fills the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling dark hills, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; natural gas 7.0 GW occupies the centre-left as several compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin vapour, illuminated by industrial lighting; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with wood-chip storage domes and a single modest smokestack glowing warmly; hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the brown coal as a large boiler house with conveyor belts and a tall chimney emitting a faint plume; offshore wind 1.3 GW is suggested in the far background as tiny turbines barely visible on a dark horizon line; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam structure at the base of a valley on the far right, water faintly catching reflected industrial light. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight — a heavy, oppressive overcast pressing down on the landscape. Temperature is cool spring, around 9°C: fresh green foliage on trees and hedgerows is barely visible in the artificial light, dew glistening on grass. A moderate breeze bends young leaves and animates the turbine blades. The overall atmosphere is heavy and tense, reflecting the high electricity price of 119 EUR/MWh. High-voltage transmission pylons with catenary cables cross the mid-ground, symbolising the grid's import dependency. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of Prussian blues, lamp blacks, and warm sodium oranges — visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth with industrial haze. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor profiles, aluminium nacelle housings, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower shells with condensation drifting, CCGT heat-recovery housings. No text, no labels.