Brown coal and biomass anchor overnight generation as onshore wind and solar produce nothing under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 20%
Hydro 9%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 29%
42%
Renewable share
2.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
20.9 GW
Total generation
+20.9 GW
Net export
99.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
421
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-left as a cluster of wood-fired CHP plants with tall rectangular chimneys and neatly stacked fuel yards glowing under amber work lights; hard coal 3.3 GW occupies the centre as a pair of large coal-fired stations with tapered concrete stacks and conveyor belts, coal heaps faintly reflecting light; natural gas 2.9 GW sits centre-right as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks and visible heat-shimmer halos; offshore wind 2.7 GW appears in the far right background as a line of three-blade turbines standing in dark water, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; hydro 1.8 GW is rendered as a small illuminated dam structure with spillway in the lower right corner. The sky is completely black with a solid 100% overcast cloud layer faintly lit from below by the collective industrial glow — no moon, no stars, no twilight whatsoever. The time is 3 AM and darkness is total beyond the artificial light. The temperature is a cool 6.8°C spring night: bare early-spring trees with just the first tiny buds, damp ground, patches of mist drifting low across dark fields between the facilities. A moderate breeze animates the steam plumes, bending them to the right. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 99 EUR/MWh electricity price — thick haze, dense humid air pressing down. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep navy-black sky and the warm industrial sodium lighting, atmospheric depth achieved through layers of mist and steam, meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and smokestack. No text, no labels, no human figures.