Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as calm, cold conditions suppress wind and eliminate solar.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 29%
29%
Renewable share
4.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.4 GW
Total generation
-10.7 GW
Net import
111.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.6°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 9.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the black sky, their bases lit by amber sodium lamps; natural gas 10.1 GW occupies the centre as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin translucent plumes, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a single large chimney trailing grey smoke; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fired CHP plant with a green-lit dome silo and shorter stack glowing faintly; wind onshore 3.3 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their nacelle lights blinking red, rotors nearly still; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested far in the background as tiny red aviation lights barely visible on the horizon; hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam structure at the far right edge with water cascading under a single floodlight. The sky is completely black, no twilight, no moon — a deep-navy-to-black firmament with scattered cold stars visible between steam plumes. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hazy with industrial exhaust reflecting the sodium-orange glow from below. The ground is frost-covered early-spring grassland with bare deciduous trees, temperature near freezing. A faint mist clings to the lowlands. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the darkness connecting the facilities. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack detail. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial sublime. No text, no labels.