Coal and gas dominate nighttime generation while 11.8 GW net imports bridge a wide supply gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 28%
Hard coal 17%
Brown coal 24%
30%
Renewable share
5.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.1 GW
Total generation
-11.8 GW
Net import
129.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.6°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
62% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
467
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights; natural gas 10.3 GW fills the centre-left as tall CCGT plant exhaust stacks with sharp blue-white gas flares and glowing turbine halls; hard coal 6.1 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single wide chimney trailing darker smoke, conveyor belts dimly illuminated; onshore wind 5.3 GW occupies the right quarter as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; offshore wind 0.3 GW is suggested by a single distant turbine silhouette near the far-right horizon; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a modest industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a short stack emitting pale vapour, nestled between the coal and wind installations; hydro 1.2 GW is represented by a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the far background. Time is 01:00 at night — the sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow, a deep navy-black dome with faint stars partially obscured by 62% cloud cover rendered as dark grey stratiform layers. Temperature is 4.6°C in early spring: bare deciduous trees with the faintest buds, brown dormant grass, patches of frost on the ground. The air feels heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price — a thick industrial haze hangs at mid-level, trapping the sodium-orange and cool-white artificial lights into a claustrophobic glow over the landscape. High-voltage transmission lines recede into the darkness toward the borders, suggesting large import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour palette of deep indigo, burnt sienna, and ochre; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric sfumato depth in the haze layers — combined with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and smokestack detail. No text, no labels.