Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate a low-wind, import-dependent April night at 135 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 31%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 26%
30%
Renewable share
4.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.3 GW
Total generation
-15.4 GW
Net import
135.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.0°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
462
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Natural gas 11.0 GW dominates the centre-right of the scene as a large cluster of CCGT combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting pale heat shimmer, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; brown coal 9.2 GW fills the left third as massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white-grey steam plumes into the dark sky, adjacent lignite conveyors and boiler houses glowing dimly; hard coal 4.5 GW appears centre-left as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular chimneys and red aviation warning lights; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed power plant with a modest stack and warm amber-lit fuel storage area beside it; onshore wind 4.4 GW occupies the right background as a scattered row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors barely turning in the still air, red nacelle warning lights blinking; hydro 1.6 GW is a small run-of-river station in the far right foreground, water gleaming faintly under floodlights. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon, clear with zero cloud cover and faint stars visible, but the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive — reflecting the high electricity price. Early spring vegetation: bare-branched deciduous trees with the first pale green buds, dormant grass along a river bank, temperature around 7°C suggested by a slight mist hugging the ground near the hydro plant. The entire scene is illuminated only by artificial light — sodium streetlamps casting orange pools, industrial floodlights, glowing furnace windows, blinking red aviation lights atop stacks and turbines. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, rich dark colour palette of deep blues, burnt oranges, and coal blacks, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.