Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a 43 GW nighttime load met partly by 14.2 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 37%
29%
Renewable share
3.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.8 GW
Total generation
14.2 GW
Net import
155.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.9°C / 5 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
508
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.8 GW fills the center-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze; hard coal 4.1 GW appears center-right as a blocky coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney trailing grey smoke; biomass 3.7 GW sits to the right as a smaller industrial plant with a rounded woodchip silo and modest stack; wind onshore 2.9 GW appears as a sparse cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in light 5 km/h winds; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small dam structure at the far right edge; wind offshore 0.7 GW is hinted at by tiny turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — a clear summer night at 2 AM with stars faintly visible through a heavy oppressive industrial haze that conveys the high electricity price. The landscape is flat central German terrain with summer-green grass and mature deciduous trees in full leaf, barely visible in the darkness except where industrial floodlights cast harsh pools of amber light. Transmission towers with high-voltage lines recede into the gloom, symbolizing the large import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, somber palette of deep blues, blacks, warm oranges, and industrial greys — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, chiaroscuro contrast between the glowing industrial complexes and the surrounding darkness. Meticulous engineering detail on all structures: lattice towers with nacelles and three-blade rotors on the wind turbines, aluminium structural framing on the industrial buildings, reinforced concrete cooling towers with realistic proportions. No text, no labels.