Brown coal and natural gas dominate as calm winds and no solar force 14.3 GW of net imports at high prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 30%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 37%
24%
Renewable share
2.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.0 GW
Total generation
14.3 GW
Net import
211.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.9°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
94.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
523
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 10.1 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting heat shimmer, their facades illuminated by industrial floodlights; biomass 4.3 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of smaller industrial facilities with wood-chip storage domes and modest chimneys glowing warmly; hard coal 3.3 GW sits behind the biomass as a coal-fired station with a single large stack and conveyor belts visible under arc lights; wind onshore 1.7 GW and wind offshore 1.1 GW are represented by a sparse handful of three-blade turbines on the far right horizon, their rotors nearly motionless in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small dam structure at the far right edge with a faint cascade. The sky is completely black with a 94% overcast ceiling—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow—just a heavy, oppressive dark canopy of low clouds faintly reflecting the orange industrial glow from below. The season is early autumn, temperature around 12°C, with damp grass and browning deciduous trees at ground level barely visible in the peripheral light. The atmosphere is heavy, humid, and stifling, conveying the pressure of a 211.5 EUR/MWh price environment. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light and deep night shadow, atmospheric depth with haze and steam merging into the overcast sky—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, lattice mast, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.