Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as low wind and near-freezing temperatures drive 9.4 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 28%
33%
Renewable share
7.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.9 GW
Total generation
-9.4 GW
Net import
109.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
0.5°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
464
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, their bases lit by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 8.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 6.2 GW appears centre-right as a large conventional power station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall chimney, glowing under harsh white security lights; wind onshore 5.3 GW is shown as a line of tall three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the right, rotors nearly motionless, red aviation lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 2.1 GW is suggested by a few smaller turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sliver of sea; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a single squat stack and a small steam plume near the centre; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure at the far right with faint spillway lights. The sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow — deep navy-black firmament, stars barely visible through a perfectly clear atmosphere with 0% cloud cover, a thin frost on the ground and bare early-spring vegetation. The air looks bitterly cold, with frost crystals catching the industrial light. The overall atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: dense steam columns press low, the sodium lights cast an amber pall over the frozen landscape, and the scene feels taut with industrial intensity. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — with rich, dark colour palette, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.