Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate overnight generation while 16.2 GW net imports cover the supply gap under calm winds.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 30%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 29%
26%
Renewable share
2.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.5 GW
Total generation
-16.2 GW
Net import
121.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.5°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
40.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
498
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Natural gas 9.2 GW dominates the centre-right as a large combined-cycle gas turbine complex with twin exhaust stacks venting pale heat shimmer into the night; brown coal 8.7 GW fills the left third as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; hard coal 4.7 GW appears centre-left as a smaller coal-fired station with a single tall chimney and conveyor belts; biomass 4.3 GW occupies the mid-ground as a cluster of wood-chip-fed CHP plants with short stacks and warm amber-lit loading bays; wind onshore 2.0 GW is rendered as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning in the still air, their red aviation lights blinking; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam and penstock structure at the far right, water glistening under floodlights. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon visible, only a faint scattering of stars where the 40% cloud cover breaks. The clouds are low and grey, backlit faintly orange by the industrial glow from below. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — haze and steam hang in stagnant layers across the scene. Spring vegetation is barely visible: fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees rendered in near-darkness, touched only by artificial light spill. The entire landscape is painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic masters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the black sky and the fiery industrial glow, atmospheric depth with receding layers of haze. Every technology is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: lattice turbine towers, aluminium nacelles, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower geometry with internal steam columns, CCGT exhaust diffusers. No text, no labels.