Brown coal and wind dominate a tight evening grid requiring substantial net imports under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 4%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 32%
53%
Renewable share
9.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.2 GW
Solar
30.9 GW
Total generation
-25.6 GW
Net import
167.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.3°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 15.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
356
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness; wind onshore 7.0 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers across rolling hills; wind offshore 2.4 GW appears as a distant row of turbines along a dark horizon line at far right; biomass 4.1 GW occupies the centre-left as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and single smokestack emitting thin exhaust; natural gas 2.5 GW sits beside it as a compact CCGT facility with paired exhaust stacks and faint heat shimmer; hard coal 2.2 GW appears as a smaller power station with a rectangular chimney and coal bunker at left-centre; hydro 1.5 GW is represented by a small dam with spillway at the far left edge near a river; solar 1.2 GW is depicted as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels catching no light, barely visible in the gloom. The time is 20:00 in late May — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remains, no sunset colours. Full 100% cloud cover creates an oppressive low ceiling lit from below by sodium-orange streetlights and the amber industrial glow of the power plants. The high electricity price of 167.9 EUR/MWh is conveyed through a heavy, brooding atmosphere — thick humid air, low pressing clouds tinged orange by industrial light. Spring vegetation: lush green grass and leafy trees visible only where illuminated by artificial light. Light wind stirs the grass gently. The landscape is central German rolling terrain. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the dark sky and the glowing industrial facilities, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. The mood is sublime and monumental. No text, no labels.