Brown coal and onshore wind lead nighttime generation as 8.1 GW net imports cover the supply gap at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 26%
43%
Renewable share
8.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.1 GW
Total generation
-8.1 GW
Net import
126.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.0°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
30.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
397
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of four massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a black night sky, lit from below by orange sodium floodlights illuminating the power station grounds; onshore wind 7.5 GW fills the centre-right as a deep field of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across dark rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness; natural gas 6.3 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, situated centre-left with brightly lit control buildings; hard coal 4.1 GW sits adjacent to the brown coal as a smaller station with rectangular boiler house and conveyor belt infrastructure under industrial lighting; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized plant with a tall rectangular stack and wood-chip storage dome glowing under yellow floodlights in the mid-ground right; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a modest concrete dam with illuminated spillway in the far right background nestled between forested slopes; offshore wind 1.0 GW is barely visible as a few distant turbines on the far horizon with faint red lights. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with scattered stars visible through 30% cloud cover — thin cirrus clouds drift across a waning crescent moon. The landscape is a gentle spring terrain with fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees visible only where artificial light spills across the ground; temperature is cool at 11°C, suggested by faint mist pooling in low valleys. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — thick industrial haze hangs low around the coal plants, tinged amber by the sodium lights. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep blues, blacks, warm oranges and muted greens, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro contrasts between the inky sky and the glowing industrial installations, atmospheric depth achieved through layered mist and receding turbine silhouettes. Every technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor profiles, nacelle housings, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometries. No text, no labels.