Brown coal, hard coal, and gas dominate a cold, windless night requiring ~10 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 40%
23%
Renewable share
2.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.8 GW
Total generation
-9.9 GW
Net import
125.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.8°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
550
gCOâ‚‚/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; hard coal 5.0 GW occupies the left-centre as a pair of tall square-shouldered coal plants with red aviation warning lights on their stacks and conveyor belts visible; natural gas 6.8 GW fills the centre-right as three compact CCGT units with slender cylindrical exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and a modest steam plume, positioned right of centre; onshore wind 2.2 GW is rendered as a handful of three-blade turbines on a low ridge at the far right, their rotors barely turning in the still air; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with faintly lit spillway at the far-right edge. The sky is completely black — no twilight, no moon, deep navy-black firmament — it is 2 AM in late March. Stars are crisp overhead where not obscured by steam. The air temperature is near freezing: frost glints on metal railings and bare deciduous branches in the foreground. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, suggesting expensive power — low haze hugs the ground, trapping the orange sodium glow of the industrial facilities. Bare winter fields stretch between the plants, with patches of frost. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the darkness toward the horizon, cables catching faint reflections, hinting at the import flows sustaining the grid. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour with deep umbers, Prussian blues, and warm amber-orange industrial glow — visible brushwork, atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.