Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation as Germany imports roughly 12.6 GW to meet 44.5 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
53%
Renewable share
11.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.9 GW
Total generation
-12.7 GW
Net import
132.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.2°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
323
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.6 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers arrayed across rolling dark hills, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; brown coal 6.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers issuing thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 5.1 GW appears left of centre as a compact CCGT facility with twin tall exhaust stacks and a faint blue-white gas flame visible through vents; hard coal 3.1 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller coal station with a single large smokestack and conveyor infrastructure; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-ground cluster of timber-clad biomass boiler buildings with wood-chip storage domes, warm amber light spilling from open bay doors; hydro 1.8 GW appears in the far distance as a dam wall with faint white water cascade; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a faint line of red aviation warning lights over a dark sea. Time is midnight: the sky is completely black with no twilight or glow, scattered stars visible through perfectly clear skies (0% cloud cover), a waning crescent moon barely visible. Temperature 14 °C, late-May vegetation: lush green meadows and leafy deciduous trees rendered in deep shadow. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, a slight amber haze hanging over the industrial facilities suggesting the elevated electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's sense of scale and mystery crossed with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, warm sodium and amber artificial light contrasting against the cool black night sky, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.