Brown coal and gas dominate at 8.7 GW each as heavy net imports of 19 GW meet evening demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 27%
34%
Renewable share
4.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.3 GW
Total generation
-19.3 GW
Net import
154.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.4°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
442
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into black sky; natural gas 8.7 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing orange sodium lights illuminating metal pipe arrays; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a pair of rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts visible under floodlights; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed CHP facility with a modest rectangular stack and warm amber-lit industrial buildings; wind onshore 4.6 GW occupies the right portion as a scattered row of three-blade turbines on gentle hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors turning slowly; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small illuminated dam spillway in the far right background; wind offshore 0.3 GW is a faint cluster of tiny turbine lights on a distant dark horizon line. The sky is entirely black with heavy 95% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a deep oppressive navy-black ceiling pressing down. The air feels heavy and damp at 8°C, with early May vegetation barely visible as dark silhouettes of budding deciduous trees. Artificial lighting dominates: sodium-orange streetlamps along an access road, industrial floodlights casting harsh cones on concrete structures, glowing control-room windows. The atmosphere is dense and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price — an oppressive industrial nightscape. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting, reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnes crossed with Adolph Menzel's industrial realism — rich dark palette of blacks, deep blues, burnt oranges, and sulfurous yellows, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze around cooling tower plumes, meticulous engineering detail on every structure. No text, no labels.