Wind and lignite lead overnight generation; 12 GW net imports needed under full overcast at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 23%
52%
Renewable share
11.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.6 GW
Total generation
-12.0 GW
Net import
120.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.1°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
334
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into blackness; wind onshore 8.5 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills; natural gas 5.5 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.8 GW sits as a smaller coal-fired station with a pair of square stacks and conveyor belts near the brown coal complex; wind offshore 2.8 GW is visible in the far distance as a line of turbines standing in dark water along the horizon; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as medium-scale industrial facilities with cylindrical silos and short chimneys glowing warmly; hydro 1.9 GW appears as a concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway at the far right edge. Time is 04:00 — complete darkness, deep black sky with no stars visible through 100% cloud cover, no twilight glow whatsoever. Sodium-orange streetlights and industrial floodlights provide the only illumination, casting warm pools of light on the infrastructure. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and humid, reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down close to the cooling tower plumes, merging with them. Temperature is mild at 12°C; lush early-summer vegetation — dense grass and leafy deciduous trees — is barely visible in the artificial light. Wind is nearly calm at 2.3 km/h on the ground, so grass and trees are still, though the turbine blades turn slowly at hub height. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, lamp black, raw umber, and cadmium orange; visible confident brushwork; deep atmospheric perspective with layered darkness receding toward the horizon. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust geometry. The scene evokes sublime industrial grandeur in nocturnal silence. No text, no labels, no human figures.