Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as calm winds and zero solar drive 15.3 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 28%
43%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
22.8 GW
Total generation
-15.3 GW
Net import
125.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.6°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
398
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the darkness; wind onshore 4.0 GW appears as a row of tall three-blade turbines on a ridge in the centre-left, their rotors barely turning in the near-calm air; natural gas 4.0 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin grey plumes; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered centre-right as a smaller industrial facility with a timber-frame fuel store and modest chimney; hard coal 2.5 GW appears to the right as a conventional coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts; hydro 1.6 GW is depicted in the far right as a concrete dam with water gleaming faintly under sodium light; wind offshore 0.5 GW is suggested on the distant horizon as tiny turbine silhouettes. The time is 2 AM — the sky is completely black with total overcast, no stars, no moon, no twilight glow. All facilities are lit by warm sodium-orange industrial lighting, casting reflections on wet surfaces. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, dense low clouds pressing down on the landscape. Late May vegetation — full dark-green deciduous trees and tall grass — is barely visible in the artificial light. Temperature is mild at 15.6°C with still, humid air. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of blacks, deep navy, warm amber industrial glow — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.