Lignite, wind, and gas anchor nighttime generation while 7.8 GW of net imports cover remaining demand.
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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
32.8 GW
Total generation
-7.8 GW
Net import
126.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.4°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
77.0% / 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 massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, their concrete forms lit amber by sodium floodlights at their base; onshore wind 7.7 GW fills the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their aviation warning lights blinking red in the darkness, blades turning at moderate speed; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT power station with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by harsh industrial halogen lights; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a dark blocky power station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt silhouette; biomass 4.2 GW sits in the mid-ground as a smaller industrial plant with a cylindrical silo and modest chimney, warmly lit from within; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a low concrete dam in the far background, water glinting faintly under a small floodlight; offshore wind 0.9 GW is suggested as distant tiny red lights on the far horizon line. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with no twilight, no moon visible, heavy 77% cloud cover obscuring stars — the atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is a gentle central German rolling plain with fresh spring grass barely visible in artificial light, temperature around 9°C suggested by a thin ground mist gathering in the hollows between facilities. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes, dramatic atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles correctly proportioned, cooling tower hyperboloid geometry precise, CCGT exhaust stacks with correct flue diameters. The overall mood is brooding industrial sublime, a nocturnal Caspar David Friedrich reimagined for the energy age. No text, no labels.