Brown coal, hard coal, and imports dominate as zero solar and light winds leave a 26 GW import gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 0%
Biomass 17%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 30%
47%
Renewable share
5.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
21.5 GW
Total generation
26.1 GW
Net import
227.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.2°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
98.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
398
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the night sky; hard coal 3.2 GW appears centre-left as a gritty coal-fired plant with a single tall stack and red aviation warning lights; wind onshore 3.3 GW and wind offshore 2.1 GW are rendered as scattered three-blade turbines on gentle hills in the centre-right, their rotors turning slowly, nacelles lit by faint red tip lights; biomass 3.6 GW occupies the right-centre as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip conveyor and a modest chimney emitting pale vapour, lit from within by sodium-yellow industrial lights; natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single slender exhaust stack, near the biomass facility; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure at the far right with water barely visible reflecting distant lights. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black at 20:00 in September, 98% cloud cover forming a low oppressive ceiling faintly illuminated from below by the orange-sodium glow of nearby industrial towns. No stars, no moon, no twilight — only artificial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and stifling, reflecting the 227.7 EUR/MWh price — haze and steam merge overhead in a suffocating blanket. Late-summer vegetation — dark green deciduous trees, browning grasses — is barely visible in the ambient industrial glow. Light wind barely moves the leaves. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice steel pylons cross the scene, symbolising the massive import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich's darker industrial visions — but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every cooling tower profile, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.