Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation; 12 GW net imports needed to meet 40.6 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 27%
41%
Renewable share
6.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.6 GW
Total generation
-12.0 GW
Net import
130.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.5°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
413
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 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 shells lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, lit by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a coal-fired power station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall brick chimney glowing faintly red at its tip; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a cluster of medium-scale biomass CHP plants with cylindrical silos and moderate stacks, warm amber light spilling from their operational windows; wind onshore 3.8 GW occupies the right portion as a line of five slowly turning three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their aviation warning lights blinking red; wind offshore 2.6 GW is suggested in the far-right background as a row of smaller turbines on the horizon above a faint dark sea line with red blinking nacelle lights; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam structure in the lower right foreground with water flowing, lit by a single floodlight. The sky is completely black — no twilight, no moon, deep navy-black firmament with scattered stars visible through clear 0% cloud cover. A mild late-May night at 13.5°C: fresh green deciduous trees and meadow grass in the foreground, barely visible in the artificial light. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the tension of a 130 EUR/MWh price — a faint industrial haze hangs low over the thermal plants, diffusing their sodium-orange glow. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich dark colour palette of deep navy, burnt orange, warm amber, and cool grey, with visible brushwork and atmospheric depth. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium cooling tower profiles, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.