Wind and coal dominate a 1 AM grid requiring 6.9 GW net imports under elevated nighttime prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 21%
50%
Renewable share
14.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.8 GW
Total generation
-6.9 GW
Net import
102.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.7°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
353
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 rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps at the plant base; hard coal 6.1 GW sits just right of centre as a sprawling power station with tall chimneys, coal conveyors, and a glowing red furnace glow visible through openings; natural gas 5.6 GW appears as a pair of compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and faintly lit turbine halls in the centre-right; wind onshore 12.2 GW spans the right third and extends into the background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested by a distant row of turbines on the far-right horizon above a barely visible dark sea; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smoking stack between the coal and gas facilities; hydro 1.3 GW is a modest concrete dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water gleaming under artificial floodlights. The sky is completely black — no twilight, no moon — a deep navy-to-black dome with scattered stars visible only where steam plumes thin. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a low haze drifts across the industrial landscape. Early April vegetation is barely visible — bare-branched trees along a road, patches of frost on the ground suggesting the 4.7 °C temperature. Wind animates the scene: steam plumes shear sideways, turbine blades show motion blur. All illumination comes from artificial sources — sodium-orange streetlights lining an access road, blue-white floodlights on plant structures, the deep red glow of combustion. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze — yet every engineering detail is meticulous: three-blade rotor hubs, nacelle housings, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust diffusers. No text, no labels.