Brown coal, gas, and moderate wind anchor overnight supply as Germany imports nearly 9 GW under overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 24%
41%
Renewable share
9.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.7 GW
Total generation
-8.7 GW
Net import
98.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
401
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.7 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 night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 7.7 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their facades illuminated by harsh white security lighting; wind onshore 6.8 GW spans the right-centre as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across low rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the blackness, rotors turning slowly; wind offshore 2.5 GW appears at the far right as a distant cluster of offshore turbines just visible on a dark horizon line over water, marked by faint red lights; hard coal 4.5 GW sits behind the brown coal complex as a secondary plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt infrastructure, glowing under floodlights; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a modest industrial facility with a rounded silo and small steam vent near the centre-right, warmly lit; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the lower right foreground, water catching faint reflected light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-to-black, 100% overcast with no stars or moon visible, the heavy cloud layer faintly reflecting the orange-amber glow of the industrial complex below, creating an oppressive low ceiling that conveys the high electricity price. The season is early spring — bare branches with the first hints of green buds on scattered trees, wet grass in the foreground glistening under artificial light, temperature around 9°C suggested by a thin mist hovering at ground level. The air feels heavy and still, almost no wind at ground level despite the slowly turning turbines on the ridgeline above. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette dominated by burnt umber, Prussian blue, and cadmium orange; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and cloud layer; atmospheric depth achieved through layers of industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower parabolic profile, CCGT exhaust stack, and conveyor structure. The composition evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime scale but applied to an industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.