Brown coal and gas dominate as near-zero wind and no solar force heavy thermal dispatch and 21 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 39%
25%
Renewable share
2.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.8 GW
Total generation
21.1 GW
Net import
229.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.6°C / 1 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
524
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.5 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a vast lignite power station with four massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the black night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 7.6 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin transparent heat shimmer, their angular turbine halls illuminated by harsh white floodlights; hard coal 3.3 GW appears centre-right as a smaller conventional power station with a single square-section chimney trailing dark smoke, coal conveyors visible under amber spotlights; biomass 4.4 GW sits to the right as a cluster of wood-chip burning facilities with modest stacks and warm-toned glowing furnace light spilling from open loading bays; wind onshore 0.9 GW and offshore 1.3 GW appear as a small group of three-blade turbines on the far right horizon, their rotors barely turning, navigation lights blinking red against the darkness; hydro 0.8 GW is hinted at as a small dam structure in the far background, water glinting faintly. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy with full 100% overcast obscuring all stars, the heavy cloud deck oppressively low and tinged orange-brown from below by the collective industrial glow, conveying the high electricity price. The landscape is flat central German terrain with mid-autumn vegetation — bare-branching deciduous trees, dull brown-green grass. The atmosphere is heavy, humid, still — no wind motion in any foliage or smoke. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the oppressive dark sky, atmospheric depth with haze and light scatter, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.