Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as wind provides moderate support and net imports fill an 8.7 GW gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 19%
44%
Renewable share
10.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.8 GW
Total generation
-8.6 GW
Net import
117.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.4°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
376
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with billowing steam plumes, lit from below by amber industrial floodlights; hard coal 5.2 GW sits left-of-centre as a large power station with tall rectangular stacks and conveyor belts feeding coal bunkers; natural gas 7.7 GW fills the centre as a modern CCGT facility with sleek single exhaust stacks emitting thin white plumes, its turbine halls glowing with interior light through high windows; wind onshore 8.3 GW stretches across the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers receding into the distance, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; wind offshore 1.8 GW appears as faint silhouettes of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 4.2 GW is depicted as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed plant with a modest stack and warm amber-lit storage silos beside it, positioned between the coal and gas plants; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam structure in the right foreground with illuminated spillways. The sky is entirely black to deep navy, 03:00 at night, completely overcast with 100% cloud cover—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever. The only light sources are sodium-yellow and white-blue industrial lighting from the power plants, casting reflections on wet ground. A light spring wind bends early April grass, still brown-green, temperature near 6°C suggesting a damp chill with mist low to the ground. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price—thick air, dense cloud pressing down. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.