Brown coal and gas dominate evening generation as solar is absent; 13.6 GW net imports meet remaining demand at high prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 25%
43%
Renewable share
13.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
44.1 GW
Total generation
13.6 GW
Net import
246.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.3°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
77.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
396
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the darkness; natural gas 8.1 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thinner plumes, lit by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 5.7 GW appears centre-right as a gritty industrial complex with rectangular boiler buildings, conveyor belts, and a tall chimney stack glowing faintly; wind onshore 10.1 GW spans the right portion of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers set across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky; wind offshore 3.7 GW is suggested by distant turbines visible on a dark horizon line at far right; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a timber-frame fuel depot and a single squat smokestack with a warm amber glow near centre; hydro 1.0 GW is a small concrete dam structure with spillway visible at lower right, lit by a few floodlights. The sky is completely dark — deep navy to black — with no twilight, no glow on the horizon; it is fully nighttime at 20:00 in September. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, with low 77% cloud cover forming a thick grey-black ceiling faintly illuminated from below by the industrial light. Temperature is mild at 16.3°C; vegetation is late-summer green but dimly visible. Ground-level lighting comes only from sodium-orange and white industrial floodlights, glowing control-room windows, and red blinking turbine lights. No solar panels visible anywhere. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of indigo, burnt umber, warm orange, and ivory for the steam — visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth and haze. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium-clad CCGT stacks, lignite hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with realistic condensation plumes. The scene feels monumental and somber, an industrial nocturne worthy of Caspar David Friedrich reimagined for the fossil-and-wind age. No text, no labels.