Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation while 11 GW of net imports cover low wind and absent solar.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 26%
38%
Renewable share
5.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.2 GW
Total generation
-11.0 GW
Net import
131.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.6°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
429
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the night, lit from below by orange sodium floodlights; natural gas 6.1 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial lighting; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a large conventional power station with a tall chimney and coal conveyors visible under arc lights; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a cylindrical silo and modest stack, softly lit, positioned just right of centre; wind onshore 3.0 GW appears in the right background as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors nearly still, with red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.3 GW is suggested by distant turbine silhouettes on the far-right horizon above a faintly reflective sea; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure in the far right foreground with water cascading under a single floodlight. The sky is completely black with heavy 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever, a deep oppressive coal-dark canopy pressing down on the scene. The atmosphere feels heavy and thick, conveying the high electricity price. Temperature is a cool 6.6°C late spring night — sparse early-season green on bare deciduous trees, damp ground, patches of mist hanging low. The overall palette is dominated by deep navy-blacks, industrial oranges, and sulfurous yellows from artificial lighting reflecting off steam and low clouds. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, CCGT exhaust stack, and coal conveyor. The scene evokes a Caspar David Friedrich industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.