Brown coal and imports dominate a hot summer night as solar vanishes and wind underperforms against high demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
48%
Renewable share
8.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
29.3 GW
Total generation
-20.8 GW
Net import
161.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
29.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
37.0% / 23.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
382
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a deep navy-black night sky; onshore wind 7.4 GW spans the right third as rows of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly in light wind, their red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a cluster of industrial biomass plants with lit chimneys and warm amber-glowing furnace windows in the centre-left; natural gas 3.4 GW is rendered as compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer, positioned centre-right; hard coal 3.4 GW appears as a traditional coal-fired power station with rectangular cooling towers and conveyor belts illuminated by sodium-orange floodlights, adjacent to the lignite plant; hydro 1.5 GW is visible as a small illuminated dam spillway in the far background valley; offshore wind 0.8 GW appears as distant turbines on a dark horizon line with tiny red lights. The sky is completely dark—no twilight, no sky glow—a black summer night sky with scattered stars visible through 37% thin cloud wisps. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hazy with residual heat from the 29°C day, the air thick and still. Lush green deciduous trees in full summer foliage frame the foreground, barely visible except where caught by industrial lighting. Sodium streetlights cast orange pools along a road in the lower foreground. The overall mood is one of immense industrial effort under a sweltering dark sky. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich dark palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and industrial greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness. Meticulous engineering detail on all structures. No text, no labels.