Brown coal and gas dominate overnight as low wind and absent solar push Germany to 8.7 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 28%
39%
Renewable share
6.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.3 GW
Total generation
-8.8 GW
Net import
126.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.4°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
78% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
425
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.8 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks, turbine halls glowing with interior fluorescent light through tall windows; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts, coal piles dimly illuminated; wind onshore 5.7 GW spans the right quarter as a row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.0 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of tiny red lights on the far-right horizon over a dark plain; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a timber-framed fuel store and a single chimney with a warm amber glow; hydro 1.2 GW is a small run-of-river station at the base of a gentle valley, water glinting under a single floodlight. Time is 02:00 — the sky is completely black with no twilight, no moon, heavy 78% cloud cover obscuring stars, a deep oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high 126 EUR/MWh price. Spring vegetation — fresh green deciduous leaves, damp grass — is faintly visible under artificial light. Temperature 10.4°C suggests light mist curling near the river. The air is nearly still, wind 2.7 km/h, smoke and steam rising vertically. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of Prussian blue, lamp-black, warm amber and sodium-orange, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.