Brown coal, gas, and moderate onshore wind anchor overnight supply as 15 GW of net imports bridge the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 27%
46%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.7 GW
Total generation
-15.0 GW
Net import
124.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.7°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
378
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes into the black sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; onshore wind 6.4 GW occupies the centre-right as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across a dark rolling landscape, their rotors turning slowly, red aviation warning lights blinking at each nacelle; natural gas 5.1 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, its turbine hall glowing with interior light through tall windows; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a single square stack and a steaming dome, warmly lit near the brown coal complex; hard coal 2.3 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller classical coal station with a single tapered chimney and conveyor belt structures, dimly floodlit; hydro 1.6 GW appears in the far right as a concrete dam spillway set into a wooded hillside, water faintly reflecting orange industrial light; offshore wind 0.4 GW is barely visible as a few distant turbines on the horizon line. The sky is completely black and overcast—no stars, no moon, no twilight—a heavy 100% cloud ceiling pressing down oppressively, conveying the high electricity price. The season is early June: lush green deciduous trees and thick grass are faintly visible in the foreground where floodlights reach. Temperature is mild at 14.7°C—no frost, light moisture on surfaces. The wind is almost calm, leaves barely stirring. The entire scene is lit only by artificial sources: sodium streetlamps lining a road in the foreground, industrial floodlights on the power stations, the red blink of turbine warning lights. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime—with rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric depth, a palette of deep navy, coal-black, warm sodium orange, and cold steel grey, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.