Wind and brown coal anchor a 50%-renewable nighttime grid importing 11.9 GW at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 23%
50%
Renewable share
13.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.5 GW
Total generation
-11.9 GW
Net import
127.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.1°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
6.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
345
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.7 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 6.8 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.8 GW appears just right of centre as a smaller conventional power station with a single squat cooling tower and coal conveyors; wind onshore 10.3 GW spans the entire right third and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.0 GW is suggested by a distant line of turbines on the far-right horizon standing in dark water; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a timber-yard and a glowing furnace stack; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure at the far left edge with water cascading and floodlit. TIME: 22:00 in May — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars faintly visible through 6% cloud cover; the only light sources are sodium-orange streetlamps, red and white industrial lighting on the plants, glowing furnace mouths, and blinking aviation lights on turbines. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price — a faint industrial haze hangs in the air, catching the artificial light. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and leafed-out deciduous trees — is barely discernible in the lamplight; temperature around 9°C suggested by a slight mist hugging low ground. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark, luminous colour palette of deep indigo, burnt orange, and warm amber; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth achieved through layered planes receding into darkness; each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy — three-blade rotor profiles, nacelle housings, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower geometry, aluminium CCGT exhaust stacks, coal conveyor belts. The composition evokes the sublime tension between industrial might and nocturnal nature. No text, no labels.