Brown coal and onshore wind dominate overnight generation as modest wind and high residual load push prices above 109 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 28%
46%
Renewable share
14.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.0 GW
Total generation
-3.8 GW
Net import
109.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.2°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
384
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.9 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the night sky; onshore wind 13.7 GW spans the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across a dark rolling plain, their red aviation warning lights blinking; natural gas 6.9 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with slim cylindrical exhaust stacks and illuminated pipe networks; hard coal 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a pair of coal-fired stations with rectangular boiler houses and single large chimneys trailing lighter smoke; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a barn-like structure and short stack near the foreground; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam facility with lit spillway tucked into the far right background; offshore wind 1.0 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of turbine lights on the far horizon line. The time is midnight — the sky is completely black, no twilight, no moon visible, deep navy-to-black overhead; all structures are lit only by harsh sodium-orange industrial floodlights and occasional white LED spotlights, casting long shadows on bare early-spring ground with sparse dormant grass at 4°C. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a faint haze of steam and industrial vapour hangs low over the landscape, diffusing the artificial light into an amber glow around the coal complex. Stars are barely visible through the haze. No solar panels anywhere. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal grey, visible thick brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro; meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry; the scene conveys the sublime weight of industrial night. No text, no labels.