Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as low wind and zero solar force 10 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 25%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 28%
31%
Renewable share
6.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
-10.0 GW
Net import
119.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.8°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
475
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.6 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the black night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 9.2 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze, their metallic surfaces catching amber light; hard coal 6.1 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses and a single tall chimney trailing dark smoke; wind onshore 4.9 GW is rendered as a modest row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their rotors nearly still in the calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by a faint line of tiny lit nacelles on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a gently steaming stack near the centre; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water gleaming faintly under artificial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, scattered with crisp April stars and a thin crescent moon, absolutely no twilight or sky glow on the horizon. The air temperature is near freezing — frost glistens on bare-branched early-spring trees and dormant brown grass in the foreground. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, haze and steam hanging low over the industrial complex, conveying the high electricity price. High-voltage transmission pylons with glowing insulators recede into the dark distance, symbolising import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth, dramatic interplay of industrial firelight against the cold black sky — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.