Wind and brown coal dominate late-night generation as tight supply margins and 3.2 GW net imports drive prices above 109 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 24%
51%
Renewable share
15.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.4 GW
Total generation
-3.2 GW
Net import
109.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.2°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
354
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers belching thick white-grey steam plumes into the night, their bases glowing orange-red from furnace light; hard coal 5.4 GW appears just left of centre as a row of smaller industrial stacks with conveyor belts and coal bunkers lit by sodium-yellow floodlights; natural gas 5.2 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT power blocks with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white industrial lighting; wind onshore 13.3 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in rhythmic patterns across the darkness, rotors turning at moderate speed; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested by a distant row of turbines on the far-right horizon with tiny red lights; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a rounded silo and a single stack emitting pale vapour, nestled between the coal and gas plants; hydro 1.1 GW is represented by a small dam structure in the lower right foreground with water faintly reflecting industrial lights. The sky is completely black to deep navy, 100% overcast with no stars, no moon, no twilight — a heavy oppressive cloud ceiling pressed low, faintly lit from below by the orange and white industrial glow. Temperature is 5°C in early spring: bare deciduous trees, patches of dormant brown grass, faint frost on metal surfaces. The atmosphere is dense, brooding, and heavy — conveying the expensive, strained character of the grid. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of deep indigo, burnt sienna, ochre, and lampblack — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro drama, but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower parabolic profile, CCGT exhaust stack, and coal conveyor. A masterwork industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.