Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as low wind and zero solar drive heavy imports and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 26%
39%
Renewable share
5.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.7 GW
Total generation
-14.1 GW
Net import
123.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.9°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
96.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
420
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 6.0 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks trailing thin vapour; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a blocky coal-fired station with a single large chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and modest stacks glowing from within; wind onshore 3.2 GW appears as a row of five three-blade turbines on a low ridge to the right, their rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested in the far distance as faint red aviation lights of offshore turbine towers on a dark horizon line over water; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure at the far right edge with illuminated spillway. Time is 04:00 — the sky is completely black with no twilight, no stars visible due to 96% cloud cover forming a low oppressive blanket faintly lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. The atmosphere is heavy, hazy, and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is near 5°C; early spring vegetation is sparse and grey-green, damp with dew. Puddles on dark asphalt reflect amber streetlights. Transmission line pylons recede into the murky distance, symbolising import flows. No solar panels anywhere. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of deep navy, amber, ochre, and charcoal with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric sfumato depth in the background, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib structure, and exhaust stack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagined for the industrial energy age — sublime, brooding, technically precise. No text, no labels.