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Abandoned Power Plant

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Abandoned Power Plant is a tested Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 prompt for wall art work. It runs at Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 · Aspect ratio 3:2 · Steps 30 · CFG scale 6 · Sampler DPM++ 2M Karras, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.

Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library.

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Vast derelict power plant hall with rusted turbines and dusty light beams slanting through shattered windows
Abandoned Power Plant — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 3:2

Prompt 

Interior of a vast abandoned power plant, colossal rusted turbines and tangled pipework, rows of shattered windows high on the walls, thick dramatic beams of dusty light slanting down through the broken glass, peeling paint and rubble across the concrete floor, moody industrial decay, cool desaturated palette, wide-angle architectural photography, volumetric light, high detail

Negative prompt 

people, figures, pristine, renovated, clean, oversaturated, warm bright colors, cartoon, illustration, text, watermark, signature, blurry, lowres, deformed structure

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
3:2
Steps
30
CFG scale
6
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

The mood hinges entirely on visible light shafts, and SDXL only renders those if you give it both a source and something for the light to catch — that is why the prompt pairs 'shattered windows high on the walls' with 'dusty' and 'volumetric light.' Drop the dust cue and the beams flatten into plain highlights. Keep 'cool desaturated palette' even though rust reads warm; without it SDXL over-saturates the orange decay into something that looks staged rather than genuinely derelict. Push cfg past about 7 and the beams harden into white streaks, so hold it near 6 for that soft, dust-hung falloff that makes the hall feel abandoned.

Variations to try

  • Overgrown version — add ivy and saplings pushing through the concrete and a shaft of green-tinted light for a reclaimed-by-nature feel
  • Night urbex — swap daylight beams for the cold blue of a single flashlight sweeping the turbine hall, deepening the surrounding shadows
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Abandoned Power Plant",
  "prompt": "Interior of a vast abandoned power plant, colossal rusted turbines and tangled pipework, rows of shattered windows high on the walls, thick dramatic beams of dusty light slanting down through the broken glass, peeling paint and rubble across the concrete floor, moody industrial decay, cool desaturated palette, wide-angle architectural photography, volumetric light, high detail",
  "negative_prompt": "people, figures, pristine, renovated, clean, oversaturated, warm bright colors, cartoon, illustration, text, watermark, signature, blurry, lowres, deformed structure",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "3:2",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 6,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "industrial",
    "moody"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "wall-art",
    "concept-art"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/abandoned-power-plant/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.