Brown coal and gas dominate a windless, import-dependent autumn night with prices at 177 EUR/MWh.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 41%
20%
Renewable share
1.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.5 GW
Total generation
10.1 GW
Net import
176.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.2°C / 0 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
556
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.8 GW dominates the left third and centre-left of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers, five or six massive concrete towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 7.8 GW fills the centre as three compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel structures illuminated by harsh floodlights; hard coal 3.2 GW appears centre-right as a pair of smaller conventional boiler houses with rectangular chimneys and coal conveyors, spotlit against the dark; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a cluster of industrial wood-chip facilities with barn-like structures and short smokestacks, glowing warmly at the right; hydro 0.8 GW appears as a modest concrete dam with spillway in the far right background, barely visible; wind onshore 0.6 GW is a single distant turbine on a ridge, its blades completely still, red aviation warning light blinking; wind offshore 0.4 GW is absent from view. The time is 4 AM — the sky is utterly black with 100% cloud cover, no stars, no moon, no horizon glow, a heavy oppressive overcast pressing down. The landscape is flat central German terrain, sparse autumn trees with thinning brown and amber leaves, temperature around 10°C suggested by light mist hovering at ground level. The atmosphere is thick and brooding, reflecting the extreme electricity price — an ominous weight in the air. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium-orange streetlights along access roads, white industrial floodlights on plant structures, red warning beacons on chimneys. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of deep navy, burnt umber, and furnace orange — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with industrial haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on all structures including turbine nacelles, lattice towers, cooling tower geometry, and CCGT exhaust configurations. No text, no labels.