Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate midnight generation as Germany imports 13.1 GW to meet demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 29%
38%
Renewable share
5.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.6 GW
Total generation
-13.1 GW
Net import
136.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.9°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
435
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.7 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 the black sky, their bases lit by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.7 GW occupies the centre-left as two CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a gritty coal-fired plant with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall chimney with red aviation warning lights; biomass 4.2 GW sits to the right of hard coal as a mid-sized generating station with a large wood-chip storage dome and a modest stack, warmly lit from within; wind onshore 3.6 GW appears as a line of five three-blade turbines on a ridge in the right background, their red nacelle lights blinking against the darkness; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested by a distant row of turbine lights on the far-right horizon over a dark body of water; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure in the far right with water gleaming faintly under facility lighting. The sky is completely black with no twilight glow, no moon, only a scattering of stars partially veiled by steam and industrial haze. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price — the air is thick, slightly hazy, the clouds of steam hanging low. Spring vegetation — fresh green leaves on deciduous trees in the mid-ground — is barely visible, suggested only by silhouettes against industrial light. A gentle breeze of about 9 km/h stirs the steam plumes slightly. Temperature is mild at 15°C. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour with visible brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the pure-dark sky, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: lattice towers on the wind turbines, aluminium cladding on the CCGT units, the parabolic curvature of cooling towers, conveyor belt structures at the coal plant. No text, no labels.