Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation as Germany imports 6.1 GW under overcast skies at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 23%
50%
Renewable share
13.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.2 GW
Total generation
-6.1 GW
Net import
114.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
346
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-grey steam plumes into the black night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; wind onshore 9.7 GW spans the right half as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across rolling dark fields, their red aviation warning lights blinking in rows receding into the distance; wind offshore 3.3 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbine lights on the far-right horizon above a barely visible dark sea; natural gas 6.0 GW fills the centre-right as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, its modular buildings brightly lit with industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.8 GW sits centre-left as a coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt infrastructure, glowing under yellow work lights; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized facility with a cylindrical silo and smaller stack near the centre, warmly lit; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the middle distance with illuminated spillway. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down. The temperature is mild spring at 12°C; fresh green vegetation on the hillsides is barely visible in the artificial light. Ground-level wind is nearly calm at 2.6 km/h so flags hang limp, but the turbine blades still rotate slowly from upper-level winds. The high electricity price is evoked by a tense, heavy atmospheric quality — the clouds seem to weigh on the industrial landscape. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of deep navy, burnt umber, and ochre — with visible, expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.