Brown coal and gas lead a 26.7 GW domestic supply requiring ~18 GW net imports under overcast night skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 29%
41%
Renewable share
5.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.7 GW
Total generation
18.3 GW
Net import
178.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.9°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
416
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lights; wind onshore 4.7 GW occupies the centre-left as a scattered line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly on a dark ridgeline; natural gas 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a compact CCGT plant with tall slim exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes, its control building lit by fluorescent light spilling through windows; biomass 4.3 GW sits to the right as a wood-chip-fed CHP facility with a single smokestack and conveyor belts illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.5 GW appears in the far right as a conventional coal plant with a single large stack and coal bunker under yellow security lighting; wind offshore 0.9 GW is barely suggested as tiny red aviation-warning lights on the distant horizon; hydro 1.2 GW is represented by a small concrete dam structure with spillway visible in the mid-ground, lit by a single lamp. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon visible, total 100% overcast cloud layer faintly reflecting the orange industrial glow from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hazy with humidity at 18.9°C, summer foliage on deciduous trees barely visible in the dark foreground. The air is still, with almost no motion in vegetation, matching 6 km/h winds. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the darkness toward the borders, symbolising heavy imports. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and exhaust stack. Deep chiaroscuro contrasts between pools of artificial light and surrounding darkness. No text, no labels.