Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation as light winds and high imports push prices above 130 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 25%
38%
Renewable share
6.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.1 GW
Total generation
-16.5 GW
Net import
130.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.7°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
420
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power plant complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 7.6 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls behind chain-link fencing; wind onshore 4.9 GW appears across the centre-right as a row of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking at nacelle height; biomass 4.7 GW is rendered as an industrial biomass CHP facility with a domed fuel silo and a single smokestack with faint exhaust, warmly lit windows revealing internal conveyor machinery; hard coal 4.1 GW occupies the right side as a coal-fired station with a single large cooling tower and coal conveyor belt structures illuminated by floodlights; hydro 1.4 GW appears in the far right as a concrete dam spillway with dark water gleaming under a single arc light; wind offshore 1.3 GW is suggested on the distant horizon as tiny red blinking dots over an invisible North Sea. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow, only a deep navy-black overcast pressing down oppressively. The atmosphere is heavy and humid at 7.7 degrees Celsius with early spring bare-branched trees in the foreground, their twigs glistening with moisture. Ground-level fog wisps drift between the industrial structures. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights casting orange pools, mercury-vapor floodlights on industrial yards, the warm amber glow from furnace buildings, and red warning beacons. The mood is weighty and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric sfumato in the fog and steam — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.