Wind and coal dominate overnight generation as near-freezing temperatures and zero solar push prices above 100 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 21%
49%
Renewable share
13.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.5 GW
Total generation
-6.1 GW
Net import
103.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.3°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
361
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 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 black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps at their bases; hard coal 5.9 GW sits just right of centre as a dense coal-fired power station with tall rectangular boiler houses, conveyor gantries, and a single large chimney emitting a thin grey plume, illuminated by amber floodlights; natural gas 5.7 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with slender single exhaust stacks and visible heat-shimmer, placed centre-right with blue-white industrial lighting; wind onshore 10.8 GW fills the right third and extends into the background as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness, rotors turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested on the far right horizon as a row of smaller turbine silhouettes over a faintly reflective strip of sea; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a squat rectangular building and a single stack, tucked between the coal station and the wind turbines; hydro 1.3 GW is visible as a small dam and penstock structure in the lower foreground near a dark river. The sky is completely black with scattered cold stars and no trace of twilight — it is deep night, 03:00 in early April. The ground shows sparse early-spring vegetation with a light frost, bare deciduous trees, and patches of brown grass reflecting the industrial glow. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price — a faint industrial haze diffuses the artificial lights into halos. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich saturated colour with deep blacks, warm amber and orange artificial light contrasting cold blue-black sky, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into darkness. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with realistic condensation plumes, CCGT exhaust stacks with heat distortion. No text, no labels.