Coal, gas, and moderate wind share a cold April night as Germany imports 8 GW to meet demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 21%
49%
Renewable share
13.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.2 GW
Total generation
-8.0 GW
Net import
103.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.5°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
360
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by amber sodium lamps; hard coal 5.8 GW appears just right of centre as a sprawling power station with conveyor belts, tall chimneys, and glowing red furnace windows; natural gas 5.6 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT units with slim exhaust stacks venting translucent heat shimmer, positioned centre-right; wind onshore 10.4 GW fills the right third of the composition as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their aviation warning lights blinking red against the darkness; wind offshore 2.8 GW appears in the far-right background as a faint line of turbines on the horizon above a dark sea; biomass 4.2 GW is shown as a modest industrial plant with a timber yard and single stack, nestled between the coal station and the wind ridge; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam spillway in the lower foreground, water gleaming under floodlights. Time is 03:00 — the sky is completely black, no twilight, no moon, stars barely visible through industrial haze; the only illumination comes from sodium streetlights casting orange pools, facility floodlights, furnace glow, and red aviation beacons on the turbines. The temperature is near freezing: frost glistens on bare early-spring branches and on metal railings in the foreground. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and industrial, reflecting a high electricity price. A network of high-voltage transmission pylons with sagging cables crosses the middle ground, carrying power from left to right. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, burnt umber, ochre, and vermilion; visible thick brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with layers of steam and haze; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and pylon insulator. No text, no labels.