Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation while 12.8 GW of net imports cover a wide supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
36%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.5 GW
Total generation
-12.8 GW
Net import
113.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.8°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
14% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
438
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 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 night sky, their concrete shells lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 6.4 GW fills the centre-left as a pair of modern combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall slim exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, their angular steel structures illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; onshore wind 4.3 GW occupies the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning, red aviation warning lights blinking at the nacelles; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rectangular boiler house and a single smokestack glowing warmly, woodchip storage visible under floodlights; hard coal 3.3 GW sits at the far right as a traditional coal-fired station with a single large cooling tower and conveyor belts, lit by amber yard lights; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure in the far background with spillway lights reflecting in dark water. The sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow — a deep April night at 1 AM, temperature near 5°C, faint frost on early spring grass in the foreground. Stars are barely visible through thin high cloud (14% cover). The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, conveying the weight of high electricity prices — a thick industrial haze hangs low, diffusing the artificial lights into amber and white haloes. Bare early-spring trees with the first hint of budding leaves frame the edges. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of blacks, deep blues, warm ambers, and ghostly whites; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze receding into darkness; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.