Nighttime grid leans on brown coal, gas, and wind with 12.3 GW net imports filling the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 21%
50%
Renewable share
8.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.3 GW
Total generation
-12.3 GW
Net import
125.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.0°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
347
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 5.8 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with luminous steam plumes rising against a black sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 4.4 GW occupies the centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, steel facades glowing under halogen work lights; hard coal 3.4 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular stack and conveyor belts visible under spotlights; wind onshore 6.3 GW spans the right third as a long row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, red aviation warning lights blinking at the nacelles, blades turning slowly in moderate breeze; wind offshore 1.9 GW is suggested in the far-right background as distant turbines with tiny red dots above a dark horizon line; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and a modest smokestack nestled between the coal plant and the wind farm, warmly lit from within; hydro 1.5 GW is rendered as a small dam structure in the lower foreground with water catching reflected industrial light. The sky is completely black with deep navy at the zenith, no twilight, no moon, scattered bright stars visible through gaps in the rising steam; the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price. Mild late-spring vegetation — full leafy deciduous trees, lush grass — is barely visible in the sodium light. Foreground shows gentle rolling central German terrain. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the vast dark sky, atmospheric depth with layers of steam and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.