Brown coal and onshore wind lead overnight generation as cold temperatures and net imports of 5.9 GW push prices higher.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
41%
Renewable share
10.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.7 GW
Total generation
-5.8 GW
Net import
114.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.8°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
417
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; onshore wind 10.3 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking slowly, blades turning gently in light wind; natural gas 7.2 GW appears as a cluster of compact CCGT power plants in the centre-left with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, their metallic housings reflecting amber industrial lighting; hard coal 4.5 GW sits beside the brown coal as a mid-sized station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney, coal stockpiles faintly visible under floodlights; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a smaller wood-clad industrial facility with a modest stack and a warm glow from intake bays, positioned in the mid-ground right; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the far right background, lit by a few white security lights; offshore wind 0.6 GW is barely suggested as a few distant turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line. The time is 2 AM in March — the sky is completely black with no twilight, no moon visible, scattered cold stars above. The landscape is flat central German terrain with bare winter trees, frost on the ground reflecting sodium-orange light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price — a thick industrial haze hangs at mid-level, trapping the amber glow of the power stations. Temperature is near freezing, with frost crystals on fence posts and power lines. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, amber, grey, and ochre — visible brushwork, atmospheric depth, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial light sources against the void of night. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy — turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with realistic steam physics. No text, no labels.