Wind and brown coal dominate midnight generation as moderate prices reflect full thermal and renewable dispatch.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
53%
Renewable share
18.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
44.3 GW
Total generation
+2.4 GW
Net export
100.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.1°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
84% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
344
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.8 GW occupies the left quarter of the scene as a sprawling lignite power complex with four massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.3 GW appears just right of centre-left as two smaller rectangular coal-fired stacks with glowing red furnace mouths visible through grated openings; natural gas 4.8 GW fills the centre as a pair of compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks trailing thin translucent plumes, illuminated by cool white facility lighting; wind onshore 16.2 GW dominates the right half and extends deep into the background as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in rhythmic chains across the darkness; wind offshore 2.1 GW is suggested at the far-right horizon as a faint cluster of red blinking lights over an implied North Sea coastline; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial biogas facility with a domed digester and short stack, warmly lit, nestled between the coal plant and gas units; hydro 1.0 GW is a small run-of-river weir in the foreground, water catching reflections of industrial light. The sky is completely dark — deep navy to black, no twilight, no moon visible, heavy 84% cloud cover forming an oppressive low overcast ceiling faintly reflecting the orange-sodium glow of the industrial facilities below. The atmosphere feels heavy and dense, consistent with high electricity prices. Early spring vegetation: bare deciduous trees, patches of brown-green dormant grass, damp ground. The landscape is flat north-German lowland. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of indigo, burnt sienna, and lamp black, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the steam plumes, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic profiles, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.