Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as low wind and zero solar drive 17 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
33%
Renewable share
3.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.8 GW
Total generation
-17.1 GW
Net import
130.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.3°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
456
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the darkness; natural gas 7.7 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange floodlights; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a wood-chip-fed industrial facility with a modest smokestack and warm amber interior glow from loading bays; hard coal 3.7 GW stands to the right as a large coal-fired station with twin stacks and conveyors, illuminated by harsh white industrial lighting; wind onshore 3.4 GW appears as a row of large three-blade turbines on a ridge in the far background, their rotors nearly still in the calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 0.5 GW is suggested by two distant turbines barely visible on the far horizon; hydro 1.9 GW is represented by a small dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water flowing through spillways. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with full 100% overcast—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow—only heavy low clouds faintly reflecting the amber and orange industrial light from below. The temperature is a cool 8°C spring night: grass is green but dew-laden, early May deciduous trees in new leaf, the atmosphere feels damp and heavy, oppressive and close, reflecting the high electricity price. Sodium streetlights cast pools of orange on wet roads in the foreground. Transmission line pylons recede into the murky distance, symbolizing the heavy import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art—think Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial sublime—rich dark colour palette of deep blues, burnt oranges, and charcoal greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, and plant structures. No text, no labels.