Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as calm, overcast conditions and zero solar drive heavy imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 31%
32%
Renewable share
3.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.2 GW
Total generation
-18.0 GW
Net import
123.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.8°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
471
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 6.2 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin vapour; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with a single large smokestack and coal conveyor belts; biomass 4.0 GW sits to the right as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and low rectangular generation halls, warmly lit from within; wind onshore 2.8 GW appears in the far right background as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning; wind offshore 0.5 GW is suggested by distant tiny turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line; hydro 1.4 GW is represented by a small dam structure nestled in a valley in the far background with water cascading faintly. Time is 04:00 — completely dark night, deep black sky with no twilight, no stars visible through total 100% cloud cover creating an oppressive low ceiling. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium-orange streetlights line an access road, industrial flood lamps cast harsh white pools on concrete aprons, control room windows glow amber, the cooling tower steam catches orange uplighting from below. The atmosphere is heavy and pressing — dense overcast weighing on the scene, conveying the high electricity price. Spring vegetation is barely visible: young green grass and budding deciduous trees along a riverbank dimly caught by spill light, at 11.8°C a faint mist hovers at ground level. No solar panels anywhere, no sunshine. Transmission lines with steel lattice pylons stretch from the plants toward the horizon, suggesting long-distance power flow. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, umber, ochre, and warm orange; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze; meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust geometry, and conveyor structures. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagining an industrial nocturne — sublime, brooding, technically precise. No text, no labels.