Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a windless 4 AM grid requiring 12.8 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 37%
20%
Renewable share
1.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.7 GW
Total generation
12.8 GW
Net import
176.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.9°C / 2 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
555
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 8.1 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, their turbine halls glowing with interior light; hard coal 5.0 GW appears centre-right as a coal-fired station with a tall brick chimney and conveyor belts loaded with dark fuel, illuminated by industrial floodlights; biomass 3.6 GW sits to the right as a smaller plant with a rounded silo and wood-chip storage yard under warm security lighting; wind onshore 1.2 GW appears as a few distant three-blade turbines on a ridge, their rotors nearly motionless, red aviation lights blinking; hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a dam structure at the far right edge, water faintly reflecting facility lights; wind offshore 0.3 GW is hinted at by a single far-off turbine silhouette on the horizon. The sky is completely black and starless under total cloud cover, no moon, no twilight — a deep oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down. The air temperature is cold, around 6°C, with early autumn vegetation — browning grasses and sparse deciduous trees with leaves beginning to turn. Ground-level mist curls between the industrial structures. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding, reflecting a high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, exhaust stack, and conveyor system. No text, no labels.