Brown coal, gas, hard coal, and onshore wind anchor overnight generation; 9.6 GW net imports fill the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 26%
47%
Renewable share
8.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.1 GW
Total generation
-9.5 GW
Net import
110.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.8°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
378
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers issuing thick white-grey steam plumes into the darkness, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; onshore wind 8.3 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, rotors turning at moderate speed; natural gas 4.7 GW appears centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin vapour, illuminated by sharp white halogen spotlights; hard coal 3.6 GW sits behind the lignite station as a coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts carrying dark fuel, glowing under amber lights; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical wood-chip silo and a modest flue, warmly lit; hydro 1.3 GW appears in the far right background as a small dam with water cascading, faintly illuminated by a single floodlight. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars and moon, no twilight or sky glow whatsoever. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive — thick low clouds pressing down, reflecting a faint sickly orange from the industrial lights below, conveying the tension of a high electricity price. The landscape is flat to gently rolling central German terrain, spring grass and budding deciduous trees barely visible in the peripheral light, temperature mild at 13°C. Transmission lines on steel lattice pylons recede into the darkness toward the borders, symbolising import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric depth receding into murky distance — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.