Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation while 14.6 GW of net imports fill a wide supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 29%
27%
Renewable share
2.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.7 GW
Total generation
-14.6 GW
Net import
115.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.5°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
86% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
496
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.0 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; natural gas 8.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting heat shimmer, lit by orange sodium floodlights; hard coal 4.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a single large chimney trailing faint smoke; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rounded dome and wood-chip storage yard, glowing warmly from interior lighting; wind onshore 2.4 GW appears as a handful of distant three-blade turbines on a low ridge, rotors nearly still, their red aviation lights blinking faintly; hydro 1.5 GW is a concrete dam structure in the far background with water gleaming under floodlights. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon visible, heavy 86% overcast obscuring all stars, creating a low oppressive ceiling reflecting the industrial glow. The atmosphere feels heavy and close, hinting at the high electricity price. Temperature around 9.5°C: early spring vegetation is sparse, grass dark and damp, bare-branched trees just beginning to bud. Virtually no wind — smoke and steam rise vertically. Sodium-orange and cool-white industrial lighting illuminates each facility, casting long reflections on wet ground. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the darkness toward the horizon, symbolising the import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, sombre colour palette of deep blacks, warm oranges, cool blues; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with industrial haze softening distant structures; meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, CCGT stacks, and pylon lattice work. No text, no labels.