Brown coal and gas dominate a calm, import-dependent summer night with wind underperforming and prices elevated.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
44%
Renewable share
7.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.8 GW
Total generation
-14.8 GW
Net import
144.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.9°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
92.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
398
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 4.8 GW fills the center-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze, their steel structures gleaming under floodlights; wind onshore 6.4 GW spans the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on a dark ridge, their rotors turning very slowly in near-calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking at nacelle height; hard coal 3.3 GW appears center-right as a conventional coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor infrastructure, warmly lit; biomass 3.9 GW sits in the mid-ground as a wood-chip-fed facility with a modest stack and glowing furnace visible through grated openings; hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure at the far right edge with spillway lights reflecting on dark water; wind offshore 0.8 GW is a faint cluster of tiny red lights on the distant horizon line. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black with 92% cloud cover creating a low oppressive overcast ceiling faintly reflecting the orange industrial glow from below — no stars, no moon, no twilight. The air feels heavy and warm at 25.9°C; summer vegetation — full-leafed deciduous trees and tall grass — is barely visible in silhouette. The atmosphere is dense, almost suffocating, conveying high electricity prices and strained supply. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the industrial light sources and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with haze softening distant elements, meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.