Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as near-calm winds and spring frost drive 13.5 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
34%
Renewable share
3.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.8 GW
Total generation
-13.5 GW
Net import
112.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.0°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
451
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lights; natural gas 6.5 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.3 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts carrying dark fuel; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a cluster of medium-sized biomass combustion facilities with cylindrical wood-chip silos and modest chimneys glowing orange; onshore wind 3.5 GW appears in the right background as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers with rotors nearly still in the calm air; hydro 1.2 GW is a small run-of-river weir with illuminated sluice gates in the far right foreground along a dark river. The scene is set at 03:00 on a late April night — the sky is completely black, not a trace of twilight, only a canopy of sharp cold stars visible through perfectly clear air with zero cloud cover. Frost glistens on bare early-spring grass and leafless hedgerows in the foreground. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the tension of a high-price hour — a low amber industrial haze clings to the horizon behind the power stations. All facilities are illuminated by sodium-vapour streetlights casting deep orange pools on wet concrete and steel structures. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, raw umber, and cadmium orange; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and starfield; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust stacks, and conveyor structures; atmospheric depth created through layered luminous hazes receding toward the horizon. No text, no labels.