Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate dispatchable supply as nighttime import demand reaches 13 GW under high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 25%
46%
Renewable share
11.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.2 GW
Total generation
-13.1 GW
Net import
186.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
27.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
375
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 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 pitch-black summer night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel structures illuminated by harsh white facility lighting; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a single squat smokestack glowing dull red at the tip; wind onshore 10.0 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.8 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbine lights on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip facility with a conical fuel silo and modest chimney near the coal plant, warmly lit from within; hydro 1.7 GW is rendered as a concrete dam structure in the middle distance, water glistening under floodlights. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight glow, no moon visible — with a heavy, oppressive atmosphere conveying high electricity prices; a faint warm haze hangs in the still 27°C air over lush midsummer vegetation — broad-leafed trees in full canopy barely visible at the edges. Stars are few, dimmed by industrial light pollution and humid haze. Foreground shows a grassy meadow with wildflowers wilting slightly in summer heat. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of amber, charcoal, deep navy, and burnt sienna — with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.