Brown coal and gas anchor overnight generation as low wind and zero solar drive 15.6 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 28%
45%
Renewable share
6.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
25.0 GW
Total generation
-15.5 GW
Net import
127.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.4°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
74.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
381
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky, their concrete shells lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 4.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT plant blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by harsh white security lights; biomass 3.5 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall rectangular stack and wood-chip storage silos, warmly lit from within; wind onshore 3.3 GW is rendered as a row of three large three-blade turbines on a low ridge in the right-centre, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; wind offshore 3.0 GW is suggested in the far right background as distant turbines standing in dark water, their red lights dotting the horizon; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water cascading under floodlight; hard coal 2.0 GW shows as a single smaller power station with a rectangular chimney stack near the brown coal complex on the left. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no moon, heavy 74% cloud cover blocking all stars, creating a low oppressive ceiling that traps the industrial glow and steam — reflecting the high 127.7 EUR/MWh price. The season is early summer but the 9.4°C temperature makes the air feel cool; vegetation is lush green where visible under artificial light — deciduous trees in full leaf along a foreground meadow. No solar panels anywhere. The atmosphere is heavy and humid, with steam and haze merging overhead. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic interplay of industrial sodium-orange and cool blue-black night tones, meticulous engineering detail on every structure, atmospheric depth conveying the vast scale of the industrial landscape against the dark June night. No text, no labels.