Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation as 13.2 GW net imports cover a wide supply gap at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
36%
Renewable share
5.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.1 GW
Total generation
-13.3 GW
Net import
117.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.8°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
96.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
434
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 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 black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the lignite plant's conveyor belts and ash yards; natural gas 7.5 GW fills the centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT combined-cycle gas turbine facilities with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel structures bathed in harsh industrial floodlight; wind onshore 4.9 GW appears across the centre-right as a scattered row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aircraft-warning lights blinking faintly, rotors turning slowly in the light breeze; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired power station with a glowing furnace visible through open bay doors and a modest smokestack; hard coal 3.7 GW appears as a traditional coal plant with a single large smokestack and a coal bunker illuminated by yellow work lights at far left; hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure in the distant right background with a faint cascade of water catching artificial light; wind offshore 0.8 GW is barely visible as tiny red lights on the far horizon. The sky is completely black and starless with 96% cloud cover forming an oppressive low overcast ceiling faintly reflecting the orange industrial glow from below — no twilight, no moon, no stars. The atmosphere is heavy and humid at 7.8°C, with mist clinging to the ground between facilities, conveying the high electricity price as a brooding, weighty tension. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the pools of sodium light at the edges of the industrial complex. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark colour palette of deep navy, burnt umber, ochre, and warm orange; visible thick brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of mist and smoke receding into darkness — but with meticulous technical accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack detail. The scene conveys the monumental scale of the industrial nocturnal landscape as a dramatic Romantic masterwork. No text, no labels.