Midnight mix of wind, brown coal, gas, and hard coal meets high demand requiring 7.4 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 17%
47%
Renewable share
13.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.9 GW
Total generation
-7.4 GW
Net import
116.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.9°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
345
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.0 GW dominates the left quarter as four massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black night sky, with conveyor belts of lignite visible at their base; natural gas 9.9 GW fills the centre-left as a sprawling CCGT power plant complex with multiple tall exhaust stacks releasing heat shimmer and faint illumination from sodium lamps on steel structures; hard coal 4.6 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired plant with a single tall chimney and red aviation warning lights blinking; wind onshore 11.8 GW spans the entire right third and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red nacelle lights dotting the darkness in rhythmic rows across rolling hills, blades visibly rotating in moderate wind; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbine lights on the far horizon line; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack glowing warmly near the coal plant; hydro 1.5 GW is rendered as a small dam structure in the lower foreground with water faintly reflecting industrial light. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever — a heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down to convey the high 116 EUR/MWh price. The season is early spring: bare branches on scattered deciduous trees just beginning to show tiny buds, dormant grass, temperature near 9°C suggested by faint mist hugging the ground. All facilities are lit by harsh sodium-orange industrial lighting casting long shadows. Puddles on access roads reflect the amber glow. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, moody colour palette of deep navy, amber, ochre, and charcoal grey — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the steam and mist, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.