Brown coal, gas, and moderate wind anchor overnight supply as Germany imports 8.8 GW to meet 45.1 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 24%
41%
Renewable share
9.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.3 GW
Total generation
-8.8 GW
Net import
101.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.9°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
80% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
401
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the darkness; natural gas 7.8 GW occupies the centre-left as three compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour lit by sodium-orange floodlights; wind onshore 7.1 GW spans the centre-right as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the near-still air, red aviation warning lights blinking on the nacelles; wind offshore 2.3 GW appears in the far right distance as a faint line of turbines on the horizon with tiny red lights; hard coal 4.9 GW sits behind the brown coal plant as a smaller set of rectangular boiler houses with a single large smokestack glowing at the tip; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip conveyor and a modest chimney with warm amber interior light spilling from open doors; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the lower right with illuminated spillway. The scene is set at 1 AM on an April night: the sky is completely black with no twilight, no sky glow, only a thick 80% overcast ceiling faintly reflecting the industrial sodium lighting from below in a dull amber haze. The air feels heavy and oppressive, conveying high electricity prices. Early spring vegetation is sparse — bare-branched trees and damp dark fields. Ground-level fog drifts between the facilities. No solar panels visible anywhere. The entire landscape is lit only by artificial light: orange sodium lamps, white LED security floods, red warning beacons, and the warm glow from boiler rooms. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of deep navy, burnt umber, and ochre, with visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from the industrial lighting against absolute darkness, and atmospheric depth receding into a black horizon. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.