Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as near-zero wind and no solar force 16.3 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 28%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 35%
22%
Renewable share
2.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.4 GW
Total generation
-16.3 GW
Net import
155.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.6°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
538
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 9.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze; hard coal 5.3 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial block with a single large chimney and conveyor belts leading to a coal heap; biomass 4.2 GW is represented in the mid-ground as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with short stacks and a dim warm glow from combustion chambers; wind onshore 1.3 GW and wind offshore 1.1 GW appear as a small group of three-blade turbines on the far right horizon, their rotors barely turning, almost motionless; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a dam structure at the far right edge with a faint spillway. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, fully overcast with 100% cloud cover blocking all stars and moonlight, creating a heavy oppressive ceiling that presses down on the scene. The only light comes from sodium-orange streetlights lining an access road, the industrial glow of furnace windows in amber and red, and aircraft warning lights blinking red atop the cooling towers and turbine nacelles. Early spring vegetation is sparse — bare deciduous trees, pale dormant grass at 5.6°C. The air is utterly still, no motion in smoke plumes which rise straight upward. A sense of heavy, expensive, pressured atmosphere pervades the scene, reflecting extreme prices. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnes crossed with Adolph Menzel's industrial realism — meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and lattice pylon, yet suffused with the sublime grandeur of Romantic tradition. No text, no labels.