Brown coal, gas, hard coal, and wind share the nocturnal load as cold weather and zero solar drive imports and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 22%
45%
Renewable share
9.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.3 GW
Total generation
-7.5 GW
Net import
112.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
0.6°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
66.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
377
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers belching thick white steam plumes into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 6.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, floodlit in harsh white industrial light; hard coal 4.8 GW appears centre-right as a gritty coal-fired station with conveyors, bunkers, and a pair of tall chimneys trailing grey smoke, illuminated by amber spotlights; wind onshore 8.3 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers stretching across low rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested in the far-right background as a faint line of turbine lights on a dark horizon; biomass 4.1 GW is represented as a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a single stack and steam wisp nestled between the coal and wind zones; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure in the foreground valley with a faintly lit spillway. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-to-black, no twilight, no moon visible, overcast at 66% with low clouds faintly underlit by the industrial glow beneath, creating a heavy oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 112 EUR/MWh price. The landscape is early-spring German lowland, bare trees with just-emerging buds, frost visible on grass in the foreground, temperature near freezing. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of burnt umber, Prussian blue, and cadmium orange; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and cloud layers; atmospheric depth with haze softening distant turbines; meticulous engineering accuracy on every nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.