Brown coal, gas, and wind dominate overnight generation while 10.3 GW of net imports cover the consumption gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
45%
Renewable share
10.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.3 GW
Total generation
-10.3 GW
Net import
119.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.9°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
379
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into blackness; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer under sodium lights; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with conveyor gantries and a single squat stack glowing orange; wind onshore 8.6 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in rhythmic sequence across rolling hills; wind offshore 1.7 GW is suggested by a distant line of turbine lights on the far-right horizon above a dark sea; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a modest chimney and warm interior glow; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure in the lower-right foreground with illuminated spillway water catching floodlight. Time is 04:00 — completely dark, deep black-navy sky, absolutely no twilight or sky glow, 100% cloud cover hiding all stars and moon. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price — low-hanging invisible clouds press down, the air feels dense and still despite moderate breeze turning the turbine blades slowly. Temperature near 9°C, early May: fresh green foliage on trees barely visible in pools of amber sodium streetlight. Puddles on asphalt roads reflect the orange industrial glow. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the darkness, symbolising the 10.3 GW flowing in from beyond the frame. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, sombre colour palette of deep indigo, burnt umber, ochre, and rust — visible impasto brushwork — atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower fluting, CCGT stack, and conveyor structure — the scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagining an industrial nocturne — no text, no labels.