Wind and coal anchor overnight generation while 8.7 GW net imports cover the consumption gap at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 20%
52%
Renewable share
13.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.7 GW
Total generation
-8.7 GW
Net import
130.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.2°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
38.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
331
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.3 GW dominates the left quarter 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 along access roads; natural gas 5.8 GW occupies the left-centre as a pair of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a large power station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a single wide chimney, glowing warmly from internal furnace light; wind onshore 8.1 GW fills the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling dark hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 5.0 GW is suggested in the far right background as a line of turbines along a distant dark coastline with tiny white lights; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single modest stack near the coal plant; hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam structure in the lower right foreground with water faintly reflecting industrial light. The sky is completely dark — deep navy to black, no twilight, no glow on the horizon — with a few stars visible through 38% cloud cover that drifts in patches. The air temperature is a chilly 6°C in mid-May, so early spring vegetation is sparse and muted green-brown, with bare branches on scattered trees. A moderate breeze animates the turbine blades and stirs the steam plumes. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a thick industrial haze hangs low, the sodium and mercury-vapour lights cast harsh pools of orange and blue-white onto wet pavement and metal structures. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated darks, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro — yet every technology is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles and three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed details, lignite hyperbolic cooling tower curvature, CCGT exhaust stack proportions. The painting evokes a brooding nocturnal industrial sublime. No text, no labels.