Brown coal and wind dominate overnight generation while net imports of 6.7 GW cover remaining German demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 26%
47%
Renewable share
11.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.1 GW
Total generation
-6.7 GW
Net import
123.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
22.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
373
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers billowing thick white-grey steam plumes into the night sky; wind onshore 8.6 GW spans the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling farmland, their red aviation warning lights blinking in unison; wind offshore 2.4 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon barely visible against the black sky; natural gas 5.7 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slim exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.1 GW sits centre-right as a mid-sized industrial plant with a single smokestack and wood-chip storage dome, warmly lit from within; hard coal 3.7 GW appears behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional station with a rectangular cooling tower and conveyor belts; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the mid-ground with water glinting under sodium lights. The sky is completely dark — deep black-navy, no twilight, no moon glow, only faint stars visible through 22% cloud wisps. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding, almost suffocating industrial density. Sodium-orange streetlights and industrial floodlights cast pools of amber across the foreground, illuminating spring grass and budding trees at roughly 8°C. A light breeze animates the turbine blades at moderate speed. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines cross the middle distance, symbolizing the import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blues, burnt siennas, and warm amber highlights — with visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.