Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as negligible wind and no solar drive heavy net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 30%
26%
Renewable share
2.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.0 GW
Total generation
-15.8 GW
Net import
111.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.7°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
69.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
499
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lamps; natural gas 8.6 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel structures illuminated by harsh floodlights; hard coal 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a blocky coal-fired plant with conveyor belts and a single large chimney glowing dull red at the tip; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a modest facility with wood-chip storage domes and a squat smokestack with pale vapour, placed right of centre; wind onshore 1.7 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 0.7 GW is suggested by tiny red lights on the far horizon line; hydro 1.4 GW is depicted as a small dam and spillway in the right foreground, water faintly reflecting industrial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 69% cloud cover rendered as heavy low clouds faintly underlit orange by the industrial glow below, no stars visible, no twilight, no moon. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a thick humid haze hangs between the cooling towers. Temperature 8.7°C: early spring, bare-branched deciduous trees with first tiny buds visible in foreground, damp ground, patches of green grass. Wind nearly calm at 2.7 km/h: smoke and steam rise almost vertically. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust detail. No text, no labels.