Anomalous 3 AM data shows implausible solar output; fossil baseload and low wind dominate plausible overnight generation.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 1%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 68%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 9%
79%
Renewable share
1.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
48.5 GW
Solar
71.2 GW
Total generation
+71.2 GW
Net export
106.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.6°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
143
gCOâ‚‚/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.1 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the lignite plant's conveyor belts and boiler houses; natural gas 5.1 GW occupies the left-centre as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, their steel structures glinting under industrial floodlights; solar 48.5 GW — despite its reported dominance — is rendered as an enormous field of crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the entire right half and into the deep background, but they sit dark, inert, and dew-covered under a pitch-black 3 AM sky, reflecting only faint sodium-orange glare from nearby infrastructure, emphasising their absurd reported output; hard coal 3.6 GW appears centre-right as a single large power station with a tall brick chimney and coal stockpile visible under spotlights; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered centre-left as a wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a modest stack and steam wisp, warm interior glow visible through high windows; wind onshore 0.9 GW and wind offshore 1.0 GW together appear as a sparse line of three-blade turbines along the far horizon, their rotors barely turning in negligible wind, red aviation warning lights blinking; hydro 1.8 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway at the far right edge, lit by a single floodlight. The sky is entirely black, 100% overcast, no stars, no moon, no twilight — deep navy-to-black atmosphere pressing down oppressively to reflect the high 106.3 EUR/MWh price. The season is mid-April: fresh green grass and early-leafing deciduous trees in the foreground, barely visible in the darkness. Light mist hangs at ground level across the PV field. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower's parabolic curve, every PV panel's aluminium frame. No text, no labels.