Brown coal, gas, and hard coal anchor nighttime generation as 10.4 GW of net imports cover the supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 20%
50%
Renewable share
14.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.7 GW
Total generation
-10.4 GW
Net import
125.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.8°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
338
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 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 black sky, illuminated from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 8.2 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, their metallic surfaces gleaming under harsh spotlights; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure lit by warm industrial lighting; wind onshore 12.3 GW spans the entire right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching into the distance, their red aviation warning lights blinking rhythmically against a completely dark deep-navy-to-black overcast sky with no stars visible; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of blinking red lights on the far horizon line; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a modest biogas facility with a rounded digester dome and small exhaust, nestled between the coal and wind zones, lit by a single floodlight; hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam structure in the far background with a thin silver ribbon of water catching industrial light. The sky is entirely black and heavily overcast at 99% cloud cover, pressing down oppressively — no twilight, no moon, no glow on the horizon. The atmosphere is thick and heavy, conveying the tension of a high electricity price. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the pools of artificial light. Ground-level air appears still, with steam plumes rising almost vertically. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the glowing industrial structures and the enveloping darkness, atmospheric depth receding into blackness, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.