Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight as low wind and cold weather drive imports near 10 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 25%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 28%
31%
Renewable share
6.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.0 GW
Total generation
-9.9 GW
Net import
119.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.2°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
474
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.6 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black night sky; natural gas 9.6 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks trailing thinner vapour columns; hard coal 6.1 GW appears centre-right as a dark hulking coal-fired plant with rectangular boiler houses and conveyor belts visible under amber sodium floodlights; wind onshore 4.4 GW is rendered as a line of eight three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors turning slowly; wind offshore 2.1 GW appears as a cluster of smaller turbines visible far on the horizon above a dark estuary; biomass 4.0 GW is a modest wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a single short stack and a warm orange glow from its furnace; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at the far right edge, illuminated by a few white security lights. The sky is completely black — no twilight, no moon glow, deep navy to pure black overhead — with only artificial lighting: harsh sodium-orange floodlights on the coal and gas plants, red blinking turbine lights, and a faint amber haze of light pollution along the horizon. The temperature is near freezing: frost glints on bare early-spring tree branches and on the steel lattice towers of the wind turbines. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, with low-hanging industrial steam mixing with cold still air, reflecting the high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of blacks, deep blues, warm ambers, and stark whites; visible textured brushwork; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack; atmospheric depth conveyed through layered steam and subtle light gradients. No text, no labels.