Coal and gas dominate evening generation as moderate wind and zero solar drive high prices and significant net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 20%
Brown coal 21%
42%
Renewable share
14.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.5 GW
Total generation
-11.3 GW
Net import
146.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.5°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
402
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.5 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lamps; hard coal 9.3 GW sits just right of centre as a sprawling coal-fired station with tall rectangular stacks trailing grey smoke; natural gas 7.9 GW appears centre-right as a compact row of CCGT units with slender single exhaust stacks emitting thin translucent plumes; wind onshore 11.2 GW fills the right third as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning moderately, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 3.3 GW is suggested by distant turbines on the far-right horizon standing on monopile foundations in dark water; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial building with a timber-framed fuel store and a single stack emitting faint vapour; hydro 1.0 GW is a small concrete weir and turbine house in the lower foreground beside a dark flowing river reflecting industrial lights. Time is 21:00 — fully dark, deep navy-to-black sky, complete overcast with no stars, no twilight glow, no moon; the only illumination comes from rows of orange sodium streetlights, white floodlights on the power stations, and warm glowing windows of a distant town on the left horizon. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, thick low clouds pressing down, moist spring air at 9.5 °C suggested by condensation halos around every light source. Early spring vegetation — bare trees budding, damp grass — lines a foreground path. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, moody colour palette of deep indigo, burnt sienna, and sulphur yellow; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric perspective with industrial haze receding into the dark distance; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.