Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as low wind forces 15.6 GW of net imports at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 28%
44%
Renewable share
5.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
24.7 GW
Total generation
-15.6 GW
Net import
132.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.3°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
386
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of four massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky, their concrete surfaces lit by banks of orange sodium lamps; natural gas 4.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin translucent plumes, lit by harsh industrial floodlights; biomass 3.6 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed power station with a large fuel silo and a single squat smokestack glowing warmly; wind onshore 3.0 GW is rendered as a row of five three-blade turbines on a low ridge in the right background, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors barely turning; wind offshore 2.9 GW is suggested by distant nacelle lights on the far-right horizon line above a dark sea; hard coal 1.9 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a single cooling tower behind the brown coal complex; hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam structure visible in the mid-ground valley with water faintly reflecting artificial light. The time is 2 AM — the sky is completely black with full 100% overcast cloud cover, no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever, only deep charcoal-black clouds faintly underlit by the industrial glow below. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a dense humid haze hangs over the landscape, diffusing every light source into halos. Temperature is mild at 10°C: lush early-summer vegetation — dense deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass — all rendered in dark greens and blacks. The foreground shows a damp meadow with dew on the grass reflecting sodium-orange industrial light. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines cross the scene, symbolising the heavy import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric sfumato in the industrial haze — yet every engineering detail is meticulous: lattice turbine towers, aluminium nacelle housings, concrete cooling tower hyperbolic curves, steel CCGT exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.