Coal, gas, and wind share nocturnal generation as Germany imports 13.4 GW to meet overnight demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 18%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 19%
48%
Renewable share
5.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
23.3 GW
Total generation
-13.4 GW
Net import
126.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.4°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
350
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 4.5 GW dominates the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 2.9 GW appears just left of centre as a smaller coal plant with a single tall stack trailing grey smoke; natural gas 4.6 GW fills the centre as two compact CCGT units with sleek exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, their metallic housings reflecting amber industrial light; wind onshore 5.4 GW spans the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning slowly in moderate breeze, red aviation warning lights blinking at nacelle tops; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed wood-chip silo and a single smokestack near the right-centre; hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam visible in the far background right, with a faint white spillway. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon, scattered stars just barely visible through faint industrial haze. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive — a high-price hour conveyed through thick low-hanging mist and a brooding weight in the air. The season is late May: lush green deciduous trees and tall grass line the foreground, softly illuminated by golden streetlights along a country road. A river in the mid-ground reflects the amber glow of the power plants. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of indigo, umber, and ochre, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric sfumato in the mist, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower reinforcement ring, and CCGT exhaust cowl. No text, no labels.