Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation as low wind and high imports drive prices to 160.6 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 30%
35%
Renewable share
4.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.3 GW
Total generation
-22.1 GW
Net import
160.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.7°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
448
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.9 GW fills the center-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their metal structures gleaming under harsh halogen spotlights; onshore wind 4.5 GW appears in the center-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors nearly motionless in the still air, silhouetted against the deep navy-black night sky; biomass 4.5 GW stands beside the wind turbines as squat industrial facilities with rectangular chimneys producing faint wisps of smoke, warmly lit from within; hard coal 3.8 GW appears at the far right as a conventional power station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts, illuminated by amber floodlights; hydro 1.3 GW is visible as a small dam structure with a lit spillway in the far background; offshore wind 0.3 GW is barely hinted at as a few tiny red aviation-warning lights on the far horizon. The sky is completely black with no twilight glow, only a scattering of faint stars visible through the steam plumes. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a thick haze hangs between the plants, tinted orange by sodium streetlights lining a road in the foreground. Spring grass and budding trees in the mid-ground are barely visible in the darkness. The overall mood is one of industrial weight bearing the burden of a windless night. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of deep navy, burnt orange, and coal-black, with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.