Brown coal and gas dominate a 30.7 GW domestic stack, with 16.7 GW net imports needed under calm, overcast night conditions.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 25%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 38%
26%
Renewable share
3.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.7 GW
Total generation
16.7 GW
Net import
212.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.9°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
75.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
516
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a dense cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights; natural gas 7.7 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.5 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts, lit by orange security lighting; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial facility with wood-chip storage domes and a modest smokestack, warm interior glow visible through windows; offshore wind 2.1 GW appears as a distant row of turbines on the far-right horizon, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly against the black sky over a barely visible sea; onshore wind 0.9 GW shows as two or three solitary turbines on a low hill, rotors nearly still, red nacelle lights glowing; hydro 0.8 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the middle distance with water cascading under floodlight. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon, 75% cloud cover obscuring most stars, atmosphere heavy and oppressive suggesting high electricity prices. The season is early October — bare-branching deciduous trees with a few remaining brown-gold leaves, temperature near 10°C with ground-level mist curling between the industrial structures. The air feels still, no wind motion in vegetation or smoke. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich chiaroscuro contrasts between deep shadows and amber industrial illumination, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze softening distant structures, dramatic tonal range from the glowing coal plant furnaces to the ink-black sky. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor geometry on turbines, lattice transmission towers carrying high-voltage lines across the scene, correct proportions on hyperbolic cooling towers. No text, no labels.