Lignite, gas, and wind anchor overnight generation while 8.8 GW of net imports fill the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 22%
48%
Renewable share
12.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
-8.8 GW
Net import
125.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.9°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
354
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 7.2 GW occupies the centre-left as a pair of modern CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks and faintly glowing turbine halls; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular chimney and coal conveyor visible under sodium floodlights; wind onshore 9.9 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; wind offshore 2.5 GW is glimpsed as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a rounded silo and low stack near the coal station; hydro 1.5 GW is rendered as a small dam spillway glinting in artificial light at the far left edge. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, midnight hour with no moon visible, 100% cloud cover erasing all stars, an oppressive heavy atmosphere reflecting the 125 EUR/MWh price. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible under amber sodium streetlights that line a road crossing the foreground. Light mist hangs at ground level at 8.9°C. Steam from cooling towers is caught by gentle wind and drifts rightward. No solar panels anywhere. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, deep colour palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal grey, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from industrial lighting against the void-like sky, atmospheric depth with layers of mist and smoke, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.