Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a calm, windless night requiring ~14 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 30%
25%
Renewable share
2.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.1 GW
Total generation
-14.4 GW
Net import
112.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.9°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
87.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
507
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 8.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.8 GW appears centre-right as a hulking boiler house with conveyor belts and a tall chimney stack with a faint red aviation light; biomass 4.1 GW sits to the right as a smaller industrial plant with a domed fuel storage silo and a modest smokestack; wind onshore 1.8 GW is represented by a few three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors motionless in the still air; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam spillway in the far right background with faint floodlighting on the water; wind offshore 0.2 GW is a barely visible pair of turbine silhouettes on a far horizon line over dark water. The sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow, heavy overcast at 87% obscuring all stars, creating an oppressive low ceiling reflecting the 112.5 EUR/MWh price. April vegetation is fresh green but visible only where sodium streetlights cast amber pools along an access road in the foreground. Temperature near 10°C suggested by a light mist hugging the ground between the facilities. The atmosphere is dense, heavy, industrial. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, conveyor structure, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.