Brown coal and onshore wind dominate a 40.4 GW nighttime load requiring 6 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 26%
51%
Renewable share
12.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.4 GW
Total generation
-5.9 GW
Net import
115.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.7°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
9.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
349
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; wind onshore 10.9 GW spans the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across a dark rolling plain, their red aviation warning lights blinking; natural gas 4.6 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white facility lighting; hard coal 3.2 GW sits behind the lignite station as a smaller conventional power plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts visible under arc lights; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a cylindrical silo and wood-chip storage yard glowing under amber lights, centre-right; hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure in the distant background with faint spillway lighting; wind offshore 1.2 GW is hinted at by a few turbine silhouettes on a far dark horizon line suggesting the sea. The sky is completely black with a deep navy tone near the horizon, stars faintly visible through 9% cloud cover, no moon visible. The summer night air is warm at 21.7°C; lush green deciduous trees and tall grass are barely discernible in the darkness, lit only by reflected industrial glow. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a dense, still warmth hangs over the landscape with almost no wind motion visible at ground level. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the black sky and the orange-white industrial illumination, atmospheric depth receding into hazy darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack, evoking Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness merged with industrial realism. No text, no labels.