Lignite, gas, and wind anchor overnight generation while 8.4 GW of net imports fill the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 23%
43%
Renewable share
10.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.6 GW
Total generation
-8.4 GW
Net import
98.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.3°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
93.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
390
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick pale steam plumes into the black sky, their concrete shells lit from below by amber sodium lights; natural gas 7.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls behind chain-link fences; wind onshore 6.9 GW spans the right third as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; wind offshore 3.2 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines on a dark sea horizon, tiny red dots marking their presence; hard coal 4.6 GW sits behind the lignite station as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular cooling tower and conveyor belts faintly illuminated; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip dome and a modest stack emitting thin white vapour, lit by a few floodlights; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in a valley at far left, water glinting under a single security light. The sky is completely black to deep navy with 93% cloud cover rendering no stars visible — a heavy, oppressive overcast pressing down on the scene. Temperature is 5°C in mid-April: bare-branched deciduous trees are just beginning to bud, the ground shows patches of frost on dark grass. Ground-level wind is light at 7.6 km/h, so smoke and steam rise mostly vertically with only gentle drift. The overall atmosphere is heavy and brooding, reflecting the high 98.4 EUR/MWh electricity price — a sense of industrial strain in the darkness. No sunlight whatsoever, no solar panels visible. All illumination comes from sodium streetlamps casting orange pools, industrial floodlights, glowing control-room windows, and the red warning beacons on turbine nacelles. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness merged with meticulous industrial-age engineering detail — rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, chiaroscuro contrast between the warm artificial lights and the enveloping night. No text, no labels.