Brown coal and wind lead a 29.9 GW supply against 46.1 GW demand, driving 16.2 GW net imports at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 29%
46%
Renewable share
8.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.9 GW
Total generation
-16.2 GW
Net import
144.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.2°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
69.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
398
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick luminous steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; onshore wind 7.5 GW occupies the centre-right as a long receding line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors turning slowly; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-left as a large coal-fired plant with a single tall chimney and conveyor gantries, coal stockpiles visible under harsh white spotlights; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a cylindrical biomass silo and a modest exhaust stack releasing pale vapour; natural gas 3.5 GW sits in the mid-right as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a streamlined turbine hall, lit by cool industrial lighting; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure in the far background with water glinting under floodlight; offshore wind 0.7 GW is a faint cluster of turbine lights on the distant horizon. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-to-black, no twilight, no sky glow, overcast with 69% cloud cover obscuring most stars. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, with humid summer warmth at 26°C visible as haze halos around every light source. Lush green summer vegetation — deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass — is barely visible in the sodium light spill at ground level. The overall mood is brooding industrial nocturne. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the blazing industrial lights and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth through layered haze. Meticulous engineering detail on every structure: turbine nacelles with correct three-blade rotors, aluminium cladding on gas turbine halls, reinforced concrete cooling towers with visible ribbing, steel conveyor frameworks. No text, no labels.