Brown coal and onshore wind dominate a 3 AM grid, with gas and hard coal filling the remaining thermal baseload.
Back
Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 28%
52%
Renewable share
16.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.3 GW
Total generation
+2.2 GW
Net export
95.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.8°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
351
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.5 GW occupies the left third as a massive complex of hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black sky, their bases lit by orange sodium lamps; onshore wind 15.3 GW spans the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbine rotors on tall lattice and tubular towers stretching across a gently rolling North German plain, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; natural gas 4.5 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with slim single exhaust stacks venting pale exhaust, lit by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.8 GW sits just left of centre as a large conventional power station with a single tall smokestack and rectangular boiler house, its conveyor belts illuminated; biomass 4.0 GW is represented by a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with short chimneys and stacked timber near a warmly lit facility; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a distant dam structure with a faint cascade visible in artificial light at the far right; wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbine lights on the far horizon beyond a dark North Sea coast. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no moon visible, stars faintly showing through a perfectly clear atmosphere—0 percent cloud cover. Temperature is near freezing: patches of frost glisten on bare early-spring fields, dormant brown grass, leafless deciduous trees with dark skeletal branches. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, suggesting high electricity prices—a subtle amber industrial haze clings low around the coal plants. The scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrast between the sodium-orange industrial glow and the ink-black night, atmospheric depth receding toward the distant offshore lights, and meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.