Coal and gas dominate overnight generation; low wind and no solar force 10.7 GW net imports at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 17%
Brown coal 25%
30%
Renewable share
5.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.8 GW
Total generation
-10.7 GW
Net import
125.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.1°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
471
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; natural gas 10.3 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 6.1 GW appears centre-right as a large conventional coal station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall chimney stack with faint red aviation lights; onshore wind 5.1 GW spans the right quarter as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-free tubular towers, blades turning very slowly in light breeze, red warning lights blinking at nacelle height; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a modest stack and steam wisps, nestled between the coal station and the turbines; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway visible in the far background right. Time is 2 AM—the sky is completely black, no twilight, no moon visible, heavy 100% overcast blankets everything in oppressive darkness. The atmosphere feels dense and heavy, conveying high electricity prices. Temperature is 4°C in early spring: bare deciduous trees with only the faintest hint of budding, dormant brown grass, patches of lingering frost on the ground catching the industrial light. Ground-level fog drifts among the cooling towers. All facilities glow with warm sodium-vapour and harsh white LED security lighting, casting long reflections on wet pavement. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric sfumato in the steam and fog—yet every engineering detail is meticulous: turbine nacelles with three precisely shaped blades, aluminium cladding on gas turbine enclosures, concrete textures on cooling towers, steel lattice conveyor structures. No text, no labels.