Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as low wind and imports fill a 9.1 GW gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 37%
30%
Renewable share
5.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.9 GW
Total generation
-9.1 GW
Net import
131.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.7°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
506
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the black night sky; natural gas 6.2 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin translucent plumes, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 5.0 GW appears centre-right as a gritty coal-fired plant with squat rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall brick chimney; wind onshore 4.7 GW is rendered as a modest cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their rotors barely turning, red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a wood-chip-fired CHP plant with a modest stack and warm amber-lit warehouse beside the coal station; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and penstock visible in the middle distance near a river reflecting industrial lights; wind offshore 0.2 GW is a single barely visible turbine silhouette on a far horizon line. The sky is completely black — deep midnight, no moon, no twilight, stars faintly visible between steam plumes. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 131.1 EUR/MWh price — low haze trapped near the ground, steam hanging densely. Temperature is near freezing: frost edges on metal railings, bare skeletal trees with no leaves (late March), patches of old snow on the ground. All structures are lit only by sodium streetlights casting orange pools and by the glow from boiler house windows. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into darkness toward the horizon, carrying imported power. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, burnt sienna, and warm amber; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.