Brown coal and gas lead a 21 GW domestic supply against 42 GW demand; 21 GW net imports fill the gap on a windless night.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 18%
Hydro 9%
Natural gas 28%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 29%
35%
Renewable share
1.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
21.0 GW
Total generation
-21.0 GW
Net import
137.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.7°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
96.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
432
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick grey-white steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lights; natural gas 5.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer into the darkness; biomass 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip fuel yard and a single broad chimney with a faint orange glow at its tip; hydro 1.9 GW is rendered as a concrete dam with dark water spilling through illuminated sluice gates in the right-centre middle ground; hard coal 1.6 GW sits as a smaller coal-fired station behind the brown coal complex with a single square stack and a conveyor belt visible under floodlights; wind onshore 1.4 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 0.4 GW is a faint pair of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea. The sky is completely black with heavy 96% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow, deep navy-to-black clouds pressing down oppressively. The atmosphere is heavy and humid, a mild 12.7°C June night with no breeze — smoke and steam rise straight upward. Sodium-orange streetlights line a road in the foreground, casting pools of warm light on wet asphalt. A German river reflects the industrial glow in the mid-ground. Vegetation is lush early-summer green visible only where lit artificially. The mood is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.