Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight as near-calm winds and zero solar drive heavy net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 27%
35%
Renewable share
3.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.8 GW
Total generation
-16.8 GW
Net import
138.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.7°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
33.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
447
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.4 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 dark sky; natural gas 6.2 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a large conventional power station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall brick chimney with a red aviation warning light; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a modest stack and a dome-roofed fuel storage hall glowing warmly from interior lights; wind onshore 2.0 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a low ridge at the far right, their rotors nearly motionless in the calm air, nacelle lights blinking red; wind offshore 1.7 GW is suggested by a distant line of turbine warning lights on the far horizon; hydro 1.4 GW is a small run-of-river weir in the foreground with dark water reflecting industrial lights. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — with scattered stars visible through gaps in 33% partial cloud cover, thin cirrus clouds catching faint moonlight. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 138 EUR/MWh price. The temperature is a cool 5.7°C spring night: fresh green deciduous foliage on scattered trees barely visible in the gloom, patches of dew glistening on grass in the foreground under lamplight. Transmission line pylons recede into the darkness, hinting at the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark tones, dramatic chiaroscuro between industrial light and surrounding darkness, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze around the cooling tower plumes, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower form, and smokestack. No text, no labels.