Brown coal, gas, and hard coal anchor overnight supply as moderate wind and net imports of 8.3 GW meet demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 23%
47%
Renewable share
11.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.4 GW
Total generation
-8.4 GW
Net import
116.5 €/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
366
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 darkness; natural gas 7.1 GW fills the centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular boiler house and a single square chimney trailing faint smoke; wind onshore 9.3 GW spans the right third as a long row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a dark ridge, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; wind offshore 2.1 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbine lights barely visible on a far horizon line; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip co-generation plant with a modest stack and warm interior glow through industrial windows; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small illuminated dam spillway in the far mid-ground, water catching reflected floodlight. Time is 1:00 AM in early May — the sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover, no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever; the only illumination comes from sodium streetlights casting amber pools, industrial floodlights on the power stations, and glowing windows. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down, lit faintly from below by the industrial glow, giving a claustrophobic ceiling effect. Temperature is cool at 9°C; spring foliage on scattered birch and linden trees is fresh green but barely visible in the darkness, leaves stirring gently in light wind. A river in the foreground reflects the amber and white industrial lights in long rippled streaks. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, burnt umber, amber, and charcoal grey; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and cloud layer; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack; atmospheric depth created through layered industrial haze. No text, no labels.