Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as near-zero wind and no solar drive heavy imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 34%
30%
Renewable share
2.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.2 GW
Total generation
-16.6 GW
Net import
136.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.6°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
79% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
491
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night sky, illuminated from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 5.9 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, their facades lit by industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired plant with rectangular boiler buildings and a single tall chimney, coal conveyors visible under halogen lamps; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized biomass CHP facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest stack, positioned right of centre; wind onshore 1.5 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by faint red lights on the far horizon line; hydro 1.5 GW is a concrete dam structure at the far right edge with a small cascade of water catching artificial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 79% cloud cover obscuring stars in most of the sky with only faint patches visible. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low haze hangs between the industrial structures, tinted amber by sodium streetlights. Spring vegetation with fresh green leaves on scattered trees is barely visible in the foreground darkness. Temperature around 12°C suggests light mist pooling in low ground. The entire scene is lit only by artificial sources — no twilight, no sky glow, no moon. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark colour palette of deep blues, blacks, warm ambers and industrial oranges, visible thick brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The painting evokes sublime awe at the scale of industrial infrastructure sustaining a sleeping nation. No text, no labels.