Wind and brown coal anchor midnight generation as Germany draws 7.4 GW net imports under full cloud cover.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 23%
52%
Renewable share
14.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.1 GW
Total generation
-7.4 GW
Net import
123.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.0°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
335
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 4.1 GW sits just right of centre as a smaller coal-fired plant with a tall square chimney and conveyor belts, dimly illuminated; natural gas 5.4 GW occupies the centre-right as two compact CCGT units with sleek single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, bathed in cold industrial floodlight; wind onshore 9.2 GW spans the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness; wind offshore 5.2 GW is suggested in the far-right background as a line of turbines standing in a distant dark sea, nacelle lights glowing faintly; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed power station with a short stack and a warm-lit fuel yard near the coal complex; hydro 1.4 GW is a small run-of-river weir with illuminated spillway in the foreground. The sky is entirely black with heavy 100% overcast—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow—only the oppressive weight of low clouds reflecting the orange-amber industrial light from below, conveying the high electricity price. The season is late spring: lush green grass and fully leafed deciduous trees are barely visible in the peripheral glow of streetlights. Ground-level air is still, with no motion in the grass, reflecting the 3.7 km/h wind speed. Temperature is mild at 14°C, hinted by light mist curling near a river in the foreground. Absolutely no solar panels visible, no sunshine. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between deep shadows and warm industrial glow, atmospheric depth receding into haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and gas-turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.