Brown coal and gas dominate a 31 GW generation mix, with 14 GW net imports filling the nighttime gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 33%
31%
Renewable share
4.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.0 GW
Total generation
14.0 GW
Net import
199.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.3°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
89.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
474
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by amber sodium-vapor lights; natural gas 7.9 GW fills the center-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting translucent heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; onshore wind 4.3 GW occupies the center-right as a modest line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors nearly motionless in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack glowing warmly; hard coal 3.3 GW is rendered as a smaller conventional power station with a rectangular cooling tower and coal conveyors visible in floodlight, positioned behind the brown coal complex; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure at the far right edge with water gleaming faintly. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, heavily overcast at 89% cloud cover with no stars visible, no twilight, no sky glow — a late September night at 22:00. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 199.3 EUR/MWh price — low haze clings to the industrial structures, sodium streetlights cast orange pools on wet asphalt roads leading between the plants. Autumn vegetation — browning grass, sparse deciduous trees with early-thinning leaves — is barely visible in the peripheral light, consistent with 13.3°C. Transmission line towers recede into the darkness toward the horizon, hinting at the massive import flows. No solar panels anywhere. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, somber color palette of deep blacks, warm ambers, cool greys, and industrial orange — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro lighting, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagining an industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.