Brown coal, gas, and onshore wind dominate overnight generation as Germany imports 8.8 GW to meet cold-night demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 32%
34%
Renewable share
7.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.7 GW
Total generation
-8.8 GW
Net import
123.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
0.9°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
462
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers pouring thick white steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 8.6 GW fills the centre-left as a row of modern CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, lit by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large chimney and coal conveyor belts visible under floodlights; onshore wind 7.4 GW spans the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on a dark ridgeline, their red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a compact wood-chip power plant with a modest stack and warm interior glow visible through industrial windows; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far right background with water glinting under floodlights; offshore wind 0.3 GW is barely suggested as a single distant turbine silhouette at the far horizon. The sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow, a freezing March night at 4 AM — stars barely visible through wisps of industrial steam. The ground shows traces of frost on bare brown early-spring vegetation, no leaves on trees. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low cloud of steam and emissions hangs over the industrial landscape, pressing down. Sodium-orange and cool-white industrial lighting casts dramatic pools of light across the facilities. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of deep navy, coal-black, furnace orange, and cold grey; visible expressive brushwork; atmospheric depth with steam and frost haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene conveys the solemn industrial weight of a nation's overnight power generation. No text, no labels.