Brown coal and gas anchor overnight supply while 14 GW of net imports cover the domestic generation shortfall.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 28%
40%
Renewable share
4.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
24.9 GW
Total generation
-13.9 GW
Net import
128.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.5°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
55.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
415
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes into the dark sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.3 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer, illuminated by white industrial floodlights; wind onshore 4.2 GW occupies the centre-right as a scattered line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; biomass 3.6 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack glowing faintly, positioned right of centre; hard coal 2.8 GW sits in the far left background as a conventional power station with a single large chimney and conveyor belt structures, floodlit; hydro 1.7 GW is rendered as a concrete dam spillway in the far right, with water faintly catching reflected lamplight; wind offshore 0.5 GW is barely visible as tiny red lights on the distant horizon line. The sky is completely black to deep navy with no twilight glow whatsoever — it is 1 AM midsummer night. Partial cloud cover at 55% is suggested by patches where stars are obscured. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, a warm humid summer night with haze gathering around the cooling tower plumes, reflecting the high electricity price. Warm-toned vegetation — full leafy deciduous trees in midsummer foliage — is barely visible in the sodium light at the edges. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep darkness and the industrial glow, atmospheric depth with haze layers receding into blackness, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.