Brown coal, onshore wind, and gas dominate midnight generation as low wind and no solar drive 8.2 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 23%
50%
Renewable share
12.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.5 GW
Total generation
-8.2 GW
Net import
120.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.6°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
352
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 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; onshore wind 9.0 GW spans the centre-right as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in near-calm air; natural gas 6.0 GW appears as a pair of compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks glowing faintly orange at the tips, positioned centre-left; hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the lignite station as a rectangular boiler house with a single large smokestack trailing grey exhaust; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed CHP facility with a domed silo and low steam vent, placed in the mid-ground right of centre; offshore wind 3.2 GW is suggested far in the background as a faint line of red aviation warning lights on the distant dark horizon; hydro 1.7 GW appears as a small concrete dam with a spillway in the far right foreground, lit by a sodium floodlight. No solar panels anywhere — it is pitch-black midnight. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, fully overcast at 100% cloud cover with no stars and no moon visible, only the dull orange glow of sodium streetlights reflecting off low clouds. The air feels heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in patches of artificial light. Puddles on the ground reflect the amber industrial lighting. Temperature is mild at 12.6°C so no frost, light mist drifts among the turbine bases. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of deep blues, amber, and charcoal grey, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro — yet every engineering detail is meticulous: turbine nacelles with correct three-blade rotors, aluminium-clad CCGT housings, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower geometry with visible condensation plumes. The composition evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime scale but applied to an industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.