Brown coal dominates at 10.3 GW as calm, dark summer night forces heavy thermal and import reliance.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 38%
26%
Renewable share
2.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.2 GW
Total generation
16.6 GW
Net import
157.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.4°C / 3 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
526
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive complex of hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.7 GW occupies the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting hot gas, their metal structures gleaming under industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a dark power station with conveyor belts and a single large smokestack trailing grey-white emissions; biomass 3.7 GW sits in the right-centre as a modest wood-chip-fed facility with a squat chimney and warm interior glow visible through open doors; wind onshore 2.1 GW appears in the far right background as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, marked by blinking red aviation warning lights; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure at the far right edge with a thin ribbon of water reflecting artificial light; wind offshore 0.4 GW is a faint silhouette of two turbines on the distant horizon. The sky is completely black with scattered stars and no trace of twilight or sky glow — it is deep night, 4 AM in summer. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, with humid haze diffusing the industrial lighting into amber halos. Lush midsummer vegetation — tall grasses, dense deciduous trees in full leaf — frames the foreground in dark green-black tones. A river in the middle ground reflects the sodium-orange glow of the coal complex. The overall mood is weighty and industrial. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the black sky and the glowing industrial facilities, atmospheric depth with haze layers receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.