Brown coal and onshore wind dominate midnight generation as near-freezing temperatures and absent solar keep prices elevated.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
47%
Renewable share
14.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.6 GW
Total generation
-0.9 GW
Net import
114.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
0.3°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
23.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
384
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.9 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lamps; onshore wind 11.3 GW fills the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; natural gas 5.9 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 5.0 GW sits centre-right as a large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a pair of tall chimneys trailing grey smoke; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial CHP facility with a timber-clad silo and a modest flue; offshore wind 2.8 GW is visible in the far distance as a faint row of turbine lights on the dark horizon suggesting the North Sea coast; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway at the base of a forested hill. Time is midnight: the sky is completely black with scattered stars visible through 23% thin cloud wisps — no twilight, no sky glow. Near-freezing conditions: a thin frost coats the foreground grass and bare deciduous branches; the air looks crisp with visible breath-like mist near the cooling towers. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price — dense industrial haze hangs low, sodium-orange light reflects off steam clouds, casting an ominous warm glow across the lower sky. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze receding into blackness. Meticulous engineering detail on each technology: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium cooling tower frameworks, coal conveyor infrastructure, gas turbine air intakes. No text, no labels, no human figures prominent — the machines dominate the frozen night landscape.