Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as calm winds and heavy imports drive prices above 116 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 30%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 29%
28%
Renewable share
3.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.8 GW
Total generation
-12.1 GW
Net import
116.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
484
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.8 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, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the lignite plant infrastructure. Natural gas 10.1 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour streams, their metallic housings reflecting amber industrial lighting. Hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular boiler house and conveyor belt structure, glowing dimly under floodlights. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fed generating plant with a ribbed silo and short smokestack, warm interior light spilling from its windows. Wind onshore 2.7 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their rotors virtually still in the calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking. Wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by a faint row of tiny red lights on the far horizon line. Hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam structure in the middle distance with water faintly catching reflected light. The sky is completely black — no twilight, no moon, deep navy-to-black overhead — a cold April night at 1 AM. The air temperature near freezing is conveyed by frost on bare branches and pale mist hugging the ground. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a low haze of industrial steam and particulate hangs across the scene, sodium-orange light pollution staining the lower sky above the power stations. Early spring vegetation is minimal — bare deciduous trees, dormant brown grass. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric sfumato in the steam and mist — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.