Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as low wind and freezing temperatures drive high imports and prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 28%
32%
Renewable share
7.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
-9.4 GW
Net import
114.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
0.9°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
466
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers exhaling thick white steam plumes into the black night sky; natural gas 8.8 GW fills the centre-left as a bank of compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 6.2 GW appears centre-right as a heavy coal-fired plant with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall chimney with a faint red aviation warning light; wind onshore 5.2 GW spans the right quarter as a row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the still air, nacelle lights blinking white; wind offshore 1.9 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of blinking turbine lights on the far-right horizon; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a modest wood-fired CHP plant with a rounded silo and short stack emitting gentle grey smoke, nestled between the coal and gas plants; hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river station with a weir visible in the foreground, water glinting under lamplight. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with no twilight or sky glow, a perfectly clear starfield overhead with the Milky Way faintly visible, temperature near freezing suggested by frost on bare dormant grass and leafless early-spring trees in the foreground. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price — a thick industrial haze hugs the ground around the cooling towers, sodium streetlights cast orange pools on wet roads. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich dark colour palette of deep blues, blacks, warm oranges, and cold whites, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of steam and haze receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.