Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation as Germany draws ~19 GW of net imports under low wind.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 32%
33%
Renewable share
3.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.2 GW
Total generation
-19.2 GW
Net import
154.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.9°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
471
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the night, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 6.2 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a blocky power station with conveyor belts and a pair of shorter chimneys trailing faint smoke; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a modest facility with cylindrical storage silos and a gently steaming stack in the right-centre; wind onshore 2.8 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, rotors barely turning in the light breeze; wind offshore 1.0 GW is suggested by tiny blinking lights far on the northern horizon; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure at the far right with water gleaming faintly under lamplight. The sky is completely dark—deep navy to black, no twilight, no glow on the horizon—with a scattering of stars visible only where steam plumes part. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, a warm haze hanging low over the industrial valley, refracting the amber and white artificial lights into a thick, suffocating luminosity. Late-spring foliage—lush deciduous trees and tall grass—is barely visible at the margins, caught in pools of streetlight. The overall mood is dense, weighty, and industrially sublime. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth—but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.