Brown coal, onshore wind, and gas dominate overnight generation as 11.9 GW of net imports cover the demand gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 25%
48%
Renewable share
9.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.8 GW
Total generation
-12.0 GW
Net import
113.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.6°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
369
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; onshore wind 9.1 GW spans the right third as a long receding line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the dark; natural gas 4.8 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT plant blocks with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.6 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large chimney and conveyor belts; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered centre-right as a modest industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a squat smokestack; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the far centre background; offshore wind 0.3 GW is a faint silhouette of two turbines on the distant horizon. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no stars visible through total 100% cloud cover, creating a heavy oppressive ceiling reflecting the 113 EUR/MWh price. The only light sources are sodium-orange industrial lamps casting pools of amber on wet pavement, red blinking nacelle lights on the wind turbines, furnace glow from the coal plants, and illuminated control-room windows. Spring vegetation—new leaves on birch trees, fresh grass—is barely visible in the lamplight. Moderate wind shown by gently bending branches and drifting steam plumes. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art—rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and CCGT exhaust detail. No text, no labels.