Brown coal and wind dominate midnight generation as cold temperatures and net imports of 6.4 GW drive prices above 113 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 27%
46%
Renewable share
14.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.1 GW
Total generation
-6.4 GW
Net import
113.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
78% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
390
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into a black night sky; hard coal 5.4 GW appears just right of centre as a pair of smaller industrial stacks with orange-lit conveyor belts and glowing furnace windows; natural gas 5.9 GW occupies the centre-right as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin vapour, lit by sodium-orange floodlights; wind onshore 9.4 GW stretches across the right background as a long line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a dark ridgeline, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 4.8 GW is suggested at the far right horizon as faint rows of nacelle lights over an invisible sea; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a single illuminated smokestack near the centre; hydro 1.1 GW is represented by a small dam structure in the far-left middle distance with floodlit spillway. The sky is completely dark — deep navy to black, no twilight, no moon visible, 78% cloud cover creating a low oppressive overcast ceiling faintly reflecting the industrial glow below. Temperature is near freezing: patches of frost on bare ground, leafless trees, thin ice on puddles reflecting amber industrial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and pressured, conveying expensive power. Light sources are exclusively artificial — sodium streetlamps casting orange pools, bluish-white LED floodlights on the power stations, red warning beacons on turbines and stacks. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.