Brown coal, gas, hard coal, and moderate wind serve a 47 GW summer night load requiring 14 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 21%
46%
Renewable share
10.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.1 GW
Total generation
14.0 GW
Net import
198.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.4°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
68.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
373
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick silver-white steam plumes into the night sky, lit from below by amber sodium lamps on a sprawling lignite plant compound; natural gas 6.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, their facades illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.8 GW appears centre-right as a large conventional power station with a single wide chimney and conveyor belts visible under work lights; wind onshore 8.4 GW spans the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested far right as a faint cluster of turbine warning lights on the distant dark horizon over a barely visible sea; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single modest smokestack glowing warmly, nestled between the coal plant and the wind turbines; hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam structure in the far background with a faint cascade of water catching artificial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, overcast clouds faintly visible only where industrial light catches their undersides, creating an oppressive low ceiling reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is flat to gently rolling central German terrain with dark summer-green vegetation barely discernible, warm August night air suggested by a slight haze around light sources. No solar panels anywhere. The atmosphere is heavy and close, sodium-orange and industrial-white light pools punctuating the darkness. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into blackness, yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.