Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate midnight generation as modest wind and high imports meet spring nighttime demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 28%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 23%
33%
Renewable share
7.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.0 GW
Total generation
-11.0 GW
Net import
145.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.2°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
53% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
448
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night sky, their bases lit by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 10.6 GW occupies the centre-left as a sprawling CCGT complex with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by banks of industrial floodlights; hard coal 6.1 GW appears centre-right as a classic coal-fired station with a large rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts, and a tall chimney with blinking red aviation lights; onshore wind 6.6 GW stretches across the right third as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-free tubular towers on gently rolling hills, their nacelle warning lights glowing red; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a compact wood-chip power plant with a low rectangular building and a single modest stack emitting faint vapour, nestled between the coal plant and the turbines; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and penstock visible in the far right background valley; offshore wind 0.6 GW is a faint silhouette of two turbines on the distant horizon line. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon visible, with roughly half the sky showing scattered clouds faintly backlit by industrial light pollution from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, with a slight haze hanging over the thermal plants suggesting high electricity prices. Early spring vegetation — bare branches with the first small buds, brown-green dormant grass, patches of frost on the ground reflecting a temperature around 5°C. Light wind barely stirs the scene. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of navy, amber, burnt sienna, and ash grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with industrial haze receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. The scene conveys the monumental scale of an industrial energy landscape at night. No text, no labels.