Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a low-wind, zero-solar night requiring 15 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 30%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 30%
25%
Renewable share
2.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.0 GW
Total generation
-15.2 GW
Net import
115.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.4°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
34.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
507
gCOâ‚‚/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 8.9 GW fills the centre as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin vapour, their facades illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a large conventional power station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall chimney with a red aviation warning light; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rounded silo and wood-chip storage yard glowing under warm halogen lights at the right; onshore wind 1.9 GW is visible as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their nacelle lights blinking red, rotors barely turning in the still air; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a subtle dam spillway structure in the far background with faint security lighting. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, with no twilight or sky glow — it is 1 AM in April. A few stars peek through 34% partial cloud cover. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a low haze clings to the ground, and the steam plumes from the cooling towers loom large and dense. Spring vegetation — bare-budding deciduous trees, early green grass — is barely visible in the ambient industrial glow. The foreground shows a ploughed field and a narrow road with a single sodium streetlight casting an orange cone of light. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth — yet with meticulous technical accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.