Brown coal, gas, and heavy net imports of 12.3 GW sustain overnight demand under calm, overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 26%
39%
Renewable share
5.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.1 GW
Total generation
-12.3 GW
Net import
138.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.2°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
86% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
424
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick pale steam plumes into the black sky, their concrete shells lit from below by amber sodium lamps; natural gas 5.9 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin grey flues, control-room windows glowing warm yellow; biomass 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor belt and a squat smokestack, illuminated by floodlights; hard coal 3.9 GW sits just right of centre as a coal-fired station with a large rectangular boiler house, conveyor gantries, and a pair of shorter cooling towers releasing wispy steam; wind onshore 2.9 GW is represented by a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, blades barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbine lights on the far horizon beyond a dark coastal plain; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far background with a thin cascade of water catching floodlight. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, heavy overcast with 86% cloud cover obscuring all stars, no moon, no twilight — it is midnight. The spring landscape is cool at 7°C: fresh green grass and early leaf buds on deciduous trees visible only where artificial light falls, a light mist drifting at ground level. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 138 EUR/MWh price — the air is thick, hazy, weighed down with industrial vapour. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle ground carrying imported power, their steel lattice forms catching orange light from below. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich but depicting an industrial nocturne — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and CCGT stack. No text, no labels.