Evening peak demand of 60.3 GW drives heavy coal, gas, and import reliance with solar absent after sunset.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 21%
44%
Renewable share
10.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.2 GW
Total generation
-22.1 GW
Net import
188.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.3°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 16.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
386
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 6.0 GW appears just left of centre as a coal-fired power station with tall chimneys and conveyor belts, smoke rising into the darkness; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre as a compact CCGT facility with polished exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer, lit by industrial floodlights; wind onshore 9.6 GW spans the right third as a long line of tall three-blade turbines on rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, rotors turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 1.2 GW appears as a small distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a squat smokestack and timber storage yard, positioned between the gas plant and the wind turbines; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam with illuminated spillway in the far background between hills. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-to-black April night, no twilight, no sky glow, zero clouds, stars faintly visible but overwhelmed near the industrial facilities by light pollution and steam. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 188.9 EUR/MWh price — a brooding, weighted darkness pressing down. Spring vegetation is just emerging, bare branches with early leaf buds visible in foreground lamplight, grass greening. The temperature of 12.3°C is conveyed by a mild, damp atmosphere with no frost. Transmission lines run prominently across the scene, cables sagging under load, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette with dramatic contrasts between warm industrial glow and cold night sky, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.