Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation while 11 GW of net imports cover a supply gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 21%
53%
Renewable share
12.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.0 GW
Total generation
-11.1 GW
Net import
145.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.0°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
321
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.2 GW dominates the left quarter as four massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a pitch-black overcast sky, their concrete forms lit by amber sodium floodlights from a sprawling lignite plant; natural gas 6.4 GW fills the centre-left as two modern combined-cycle gas turbine blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white industrial lighting; wind onshore 10.3 GW spans the entire right half of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in rhythmic patterns across rolling dark hills, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.7 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon, tiny red dots in a line above an invisible sea; hard coal 2.5 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular stack and conveyor infrastructure, lit from below; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip burning facility with a modest chimney and warm orange glow from its furnace doors, positioned between the coal and gas installations; hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a concrete dam face visible in the middle distance, floodlit in blue-white light with a thin veil of mist at its base. The sky is entirely black and heavy with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever — creating a dense oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The late-May landscape shows lush green deciduous trees and grass visible only where industrial lights catch them, leaves full and heavy. The air is warm and humid at 18°C, conveyed by a slight haze around the light sources. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep nocturnal darkness and the glowing industrial infrastructure, atmospheric depth created through layers of mist and shadow, technically precise rendering of turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.