Brown coal and gas dominate midnight generation while 18.6 GW of net imports cover a wide supply gap under calm, overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 31%
33%
Renewable share
3.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.4 GW
Total generation
-18.6 GW
Net import
131.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.2°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
468
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; natural gas 6.2 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin flue gas; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a medium-scale industrial plant with a peaked biomass fuel bunker and a single smokestack with faint exhaust; hard coal 3.7 GW sits behind the biomass plant as a coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a pair of squat chimneys; onshore wind 3.2 GW is rendered as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge at the far right, their rotors barely turning in the near-still air; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam with illuminated spillway in the far background right. The scene is set at midnight — the sky is completely black, no moon, no stars, heavy 100% cloud cover creates an oppressive, featureless void above. All structures are lit only by sodium-orange industrial floodlights, glowing control-room windows, and the faint amber glow of safety beacons on turbine nacelles. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in pools of artificial light at ground level. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price: haze and industrial moisture hang low, sodium light scatters into a claustrophobic orange-grey fog around the plants. A network of high-voltage transmission pylons stretches across the middle ground carrying thick bundled conductors, symbolising the massive import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of deep navy, warm amber, coal-grey, and cream steam; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and clouds; meticulous engineering accuracy in turbine nacelles, lattice towers, cooling tower parabolic curves, and CCGT exhaust geometry; atmospheric depth achieved through layered industrial haze receding into total darkness. No text, no labels.