Brown coal and wind lead overnight generation as 12.4 GW net imports fill the gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 24%
48%
Renewable share
8.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.4 GW
Total generation
-12.4 GW
Net import
128.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.8°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
366
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.8 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 night sky, lit from below by amber sodium lamps; wind onshore 7.5 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; natural gas 4.3 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT power plants with slim single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.6 GW sits behind the brown coal complex as a pair of large box-shaped boiler houses with tall chimneys trailing faint grey smoke, coal conveyor belts visible under strip lighting; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered centre-right as a mid-sized wood-chip power station with a squat stack and a glowing hopper, warm orange light spilling from its open bays; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the middle distance with spillway lights reflected in dark water; wind offshore 0.5 GW is a tiny cluster of turbines barely visible on a far horizon line over a dark sea. The sky is completely black to deep navy with no twilight, no moon glow, only scattered stars where steam does not obscure them; clear sky with zero cloud cover reveals crisp constellations. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and leafy birch trees — is faintly visible only where industrial light falls. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price: a thick, brooding stillness hangs over the landscape, the air dense with coal moisture and industrial warmth at 10.8°C. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich dark palette of indigo, umber, ochre, and cadmium orange, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with distant haze around cooling towers, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, and concrete cooling tower shells. No text, no labels, no human figures prominent.