Wind and coal anchor overnight generation as 10 GW of net imports cover cold pre-dawn demand at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 22%
47%
Renewable share
12.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.3 GW
Total generation
-10.0 GW
Net import
107.5 €/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
372
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers exhaling thick white steam plumes into the black sky; hard coal 5.9 GW sits just right of centre-left as a cluster of smaller coal plant stacks with glowing orange furnace light visible through grated openings; natural gas 5.7 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin translucent vapour, lit by sodium-yellow industrial floodlights; wind onshore 9.3 GW spans the right third as a long ridge of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the pitch-black sky, rotors turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 2.7 GW appears in the far-right background as a faint line of turbines on the dark horizon with tiny red lights; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a modest rectangular stack and warm amber light spilling from its loading bay, positioned between the coal and gas plants; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small run-of-river station with illuminated spillway at the far left edge near a dark river. The sky is completely black to deep navy — it is 4 AM, no moon, no twilight, zero cloud cover so faint stars are visible but the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price. The ground shows early April bare fields with traces of frost catching the industrial light, sparse leafless trees, temperature near freezing. Transmission pylons carry high-voltage lines across the scene toward the east, symbolising imports. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of indigo, amber, and iron-grey, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against total darkness, atmospheric depth with steam and vapour layers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.