Brown coal and gas dominate a generation-short evening grid requiring massive imports at 218 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 6%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 33%
33%
Renewable share
1.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.6 GW
Solar
28.1 GW
Total generation
-25.3 GW
Net import
218.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.8°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 107.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
472
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes into a dark night sky; natural gas 5.6 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting heat shimmer and faint vapour, lit by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a classic coal-fired plant with a single large stack and conveyor belt silhouette; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a cluster of smaller industrial facilities with wood-chip storage domes and modest chimneys glowing warmly, positioned right of centre; wind onshore 1.5 GW appears as a handful of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 0.5 GW is suggested by a barely visible line of tiny turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon at the far right edge; solar 1.6 GW is depicted as a small array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, catching only the faintest residual glow, nearly invisible; hydro 1.4 GW is shown as a modest dam structure in the middle distance with water glinting under floodlights. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-to-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars barely visible through a heavy oppressive atmospheric haze conveying extreme electricity prices. The scene is lit entirely by artificial light: sodium-orange streetlights, industrial floodlights casting hard shadows, glowing furnace windows, and red warning beacons. Warm late-May vegetation — lush green deciduous trees and tall grass — is visible only where illuminated by facility lighting. The air feels warm and still, with light wind barely stirring leaves. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour palette of deep blacks, burnt oranges, industrial ambers and cool steel blues, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth with industrial haze layering into darkness. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors on lattice towers, cooling tower parabolic concrete shells, CCGT exhaust stacks with heat exchangers. The composition evokes a sublime industrial nocturne — monumental, brooding, technically precise. No text, no labels.