Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as near-zero wind and no solar drive heavy imports and extreme prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 29%
28%
Renewable share
2.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.3 GW
Total generation
-22.5 GW
Net import
463.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.8°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
482
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a black night sky, their concrete forms lit by orange sodium lamps at their bases; natural gas 8.7 GW fills the center-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall singular exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.2 GW occupies the center-right as a coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a single large smokestack glowing faintly red at the tip; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with wood-chip storage domes and a modest stack, warmly lit by amber facility lighting in the right-center; wind onshore 2.3 GW is represented by a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors nearly motionless in the still air, faintly visible by aviation warning lights blinking red; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the far right background with spillway lights reflected in dark water; wind offshore 0.5 GW is the faintest suggestion of a single turbine silhouette on a dark horizon line. The sky is completely black with no twilight or glow, a clear starry midsummer night, the Milky Way faintly visible but overwhelmed by industrial light pollution casting an oppressive orange-yellow haze across the lower atmosphere. The air feels heavy and warm — lush green deciduous trees in full summer foliage line the foreground, their leaves utterly still in the windless 26.8°C night. The atmosphere is dense, stifling, oppressive, conveying the tension of extreme electricity prices. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between deep shadows and industrial glow, atmospheric depth receding into hazy darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.