Brown coal and onshore wind each supply ~11 GW overnight as tight margins and thermal reliance push prices above 100 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 28%
47%
Renewable share
13.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.0 GW
Total generation
-1.0 GW
Net import
101.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.5°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
6.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
388
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black night sky, their concrete surfaces lit by amber sodium lamps at ground level; onshore wind 11.0 GW spans the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across a dark flat plain, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle, blades turning slowly in light wind; hard coal 5.1 GW appears centre-left as a large power station with rectangular boiler buildings, conveyor belts, and a tall chimney emitting a thin grey plume, illuminated by industrial floodlights; natural gas 4.8 GW sits centre-right as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and smaller vapour trails, their stainless-steel housings gleaming under security lighting; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a medium-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a cylindrical silo and a modest smokestack, positioned between the coal station and the gas units; offshore wind 2.3 GW is suggested in the far-right background as faint red lights on the distant dark horizon representing a North Sea wind farm; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small run-of-river dam with illuminated sluice gates near the right foreground, water glinting under floodlights. The sky is completely black with no twilight or glow, a clear March night with scattered stars visible through near-zero cloud cover — yet the atmosphere feels oppressive and heavy, with a low industrial haze clinging to the ground suggesting high electricity prices. Bare winter trees with frost-coated branches line the middle ground, and patchy snow covers the flat north German landscape at 1.5°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich — rich, dark palette of deep navy, umber, and ochre; visible confident brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between the black sky and the warm artificial glow of industrial facilities; atmospheric depth with receding layers of infrastructure; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.