Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation as low wind and zero solar drive heavy net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
39%
Renewable share
5.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.6 GW
Total generation
-20.4 GW
Net import
151.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.2°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
62.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
415
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.7 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 night; natural gas 6.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange floodlights; wind onshore 4.7 GW occupies the centre-right as a scattered line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the near-calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall stack and wood-chip storage yard illuminated by warm halogen work lights; hard coal 2.9 GW sits at the far left as a smaller conventional power station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt infrastructure; hydro 2.1 GW is rendered at the far right as a concrete dam with a spillway faintly catching artificial light; wind offshore 0.3 GW is barely visible as tiny distant turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line. The sky is completely black to deep navy — no twilight, no sky glow, no moon visible — with 62% cloud cover suggested by a featureless dark overcast partially obscuring faint stars. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: thick industrial haze hangs low, trapping the orange and amber glow of sodium streetlights and facility floodlights. Early summer vegetation — lush green grass and leafy deciduous trees — is barely discernible in the artificial light, with temperature suggesting mild conditions. The landscape is a broad German lowland plain. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, but depicting an industrial nocturne — rich deep tones of indigo, amber, and charcoal grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.