Coal and gas dominate evening generation at 26.9 GW combined as moderate wind and no solar shape a high-price hour.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 46%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 15%
65%
Renewable share
9.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
35.8 GW
Solar
77.0 GW
Total generation
+77.0 GW
Net export
142.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.7°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
245
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium floodlights; hard coal 7.4 GW appears just right of centre as a large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and tall brick chimneys trailing darker smoke; natural gas 8.2 GW fills the centre-right as a pair of sleek CCGT plants with slim cylindrical exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls visible through illuminated windows; wind offshore 4.7 GW appears in the far right background as a row of tall three-blade turbines with red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, their rotors turning at moderate speed; wind onshore 4.4 GW is represented by a smaller cluster of lattice-tower turbines on a darkened ridge in the mid-ground, also with red warning beacons; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a single stack and warm interior glow near the right foreground; hydro 1.0 GW is a small run-of-river weir with white water visible in the lower right corner, lit by a single floodlight. The sky is completely dark—a deep navy-black, 95% overcast with no stars visible, no twilight, no sunset glow whatsoever; it is 20:00 in late March. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, reflecting the 142.9 EUR/MWh price—thick low clouds press down on the industrial landscape, catching and diffusing the amber and white industrial lighting into a hazy, brooding canopy. Temperature is 4.7°C: bare early-spring trees with no leaves, patches of brown dormant grass, perhaps lingering frost on railings. The wind at 16.4 km/h is visible in drifting steam and slight motion in bare branches. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich dark palette of burnt umber, raw sienna, Payne's grey, and cadmium orange; visible impasto brushwork; deep atmospheric perspective with layers of industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack; the scene conveys sublime industrial grandeur under a sealed, lightless sky. No text, no labels.