Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate nighttime generation as Germany imports 13.3 GW to meet demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 28%
37%
Renewable share
5.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.0 GW
Total generation
-13.3 GW
Net import
142.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.9°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
438
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 6.3 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a hulking coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a single broad chimney trailing dark smoke; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed power station with a modest stack and warm amber glow from its facility windows; wind onshore 4.1 GW occupies the right side as a scattered line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning very slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested as tiny turbine silhouettes on a distant dark horizon line; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure nestled in a valley at far right. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a dense, oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down on the landscape to reflect the high electricity price. The season is mid-May: lush green spring vegetation in the foreground barely visible under the sodium streetlamp glow of access roads winding between the plants. Temperature is cool, around 11°C, with faint mist clinging to low ground. The overall mood is heavy and industrial. No solar panels anywhere. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth with glowing industrial light against the oppressive dark sky — yet every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and CCGT stack is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.