Lignite, gas, and coal anchor overnight generation while 21.7 GW of net imports bridge the demand gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 31%
34%
Renewable share
3.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.5 GW
Total generation
21.7 GW
Net import
156.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.3°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
462
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 5.8 GW fills the centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer against the dark sky; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a heavy coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a broad smokestack glowing faintly; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a domed wood-chip silo and a squat chimney releasing pale vapour; wind onshore 3.2 GW occupies the far right as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning slowly in light breeze, red aviation warning lights blinking at their nacelles; hydro 2.1 GW is suggested by a concrete dam in the middle distance with a faint cascade of water catching reflected light; wind offshore 0.3 GW is a single distant turbine silhouette barely visible on the horizon. Time is 23:00 on a warm July night: the sky is completely black, no twilight, no sky glow — only a scattering of stars visible between thin wisps of residual industrial haze. The landscape is a broad German river valley with lush midsummer vegetation — dark green deciduous trees, tall grass — visible only where sodium streetlamps and industrial floodlights cast pools of warm orange. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a thick, hazy quality to the air, industrial steam spreading low across the scene, the horizon smudged. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle ground carrying thick conductor bundles, symbolising the enormous import flow. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every cooling tower rib, turbine blade pitch mechanism, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.