Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as calm, cold conditions suppress wind and require 10.2 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 28%
30%
Renewable share
4.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.0 GW
Total generation
-10.2 GW
Net import
110.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.7°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
467
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.9 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 10.1 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze into the darkness; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single rectangular chimney and conveyor belts carrying dark fuel; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a cluster of squat industrial buildings with wood-chip storage domes and a modest stack glowing faintly; wind onshore 3.8 GW appears as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by tiny blinking lights on the far horizon beyond a dark plain; hydro 1.5 GW is a small concrete dam structure at the far right with water faintly catching reflected light. The time is 3:00 AM in mid-April central Germany—the sky is completely black, no twilight, no moon, a deep navy-to-black firmament with faint cold stars visible through perfectly clear skies with zero cloud cover. The landscape is flat to gently rolling, early spring with bare trees and sparse brown-green grass touched by a light ground frost at 3.7 °C. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 110 EUR/MWh electricity price—a thick industrial haze hangs low, trapping the amber and orange glow of sodium streetlights and facility lighting, giving the entire scene a sulfurous, brooding weight. No wind stirs the scene; smoke and steam rise perfectly vertical. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich, dark palette of deep indigo, burnt sienna, amber, and charcoal; visible textured brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness; atmospheric depth with distant turbine lights dissolving into haze. Each technology is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor turbines with visible nacelles and lattice towers, hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with reinforcement ribs, CCGT stacks with heat-distorted air above. The painting evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness merged with industrial reality. No text, no labels.