Brown coal, gas, and wind lead nighttime generation as 13.6 GW net imports fill a wide supply gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 22%
50%
Renewable share
9.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.4 GW
Total generation
-13.6 GW
Net import
140.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.9°C / 0 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
61% / 5.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
347
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 5.6 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer into the night; wind onshore 7.6 GW spans the right half of the composition as a long row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against a completely dark deep-navy sky, rotors turning slowly; wind offshore 2.1 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon with tiny white lights; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a tall chimney and glowing biomass fuel yard in the centre-right middleground; hard coal 3.3 GW is rendered as a coal-fired station with a single large stack and conveyor belt visible behind the gas plant on the left; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far background with water gleaming faintly under artificial light. The sky is completely black with no twilight glow, no sunset remnants — full nighttime at 21:00 in May. A heavy overcast of 61% cloud cover obscures most stars, creating a low oppressive ceiling reflecting the amber-orange industrial glow from below, evoking the high electricity price. The landscape is spring-green rolling German terrain with fresh May foliage on scattered deciduous trees, temperature around 11°C suggested by a slight mist clinging to low ground. The air is nearly still, with no wind-driven motion in vegetation. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines stretch across the scene, symbolising the heavy import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep dark sky and the warm industrial glow, atmospheric depth with haze softening distant elements — yet every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower's parabolic curve, every aluminium-framed detail is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.