Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation while 16.5 GW of net imports cover a wide supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 27%
40%
Renewable share
5.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.4 GW
Total generation
-16.5 GW
Net import
133.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.8°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
33.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
406
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lights; natural gas 6.5 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls; wind onshore 5.4 GW spans the centre-right as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly in light wind, red aviation warning lights blinking at each nacelle; biomass 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a modest industrial facility with a woodchip storage dome and a single smokestack with faint exhaust; hydro 2.1 GW is rendered at far right as a concrete dam wall with water cascading into a dark gorge, facility lights reflecting off the water surface; hard coal 2.7 GW appears behind the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular stack and conveyor belts visible under floodlights. The scene is set at 01:00 on a June night near central Germany — the sky is completely black to deep navy, no twilight, no sky glow, only artificial illumination: sodium-orange streetlights along an access road, white floodlights on industrial structures, and the red blinking lights of turbines. Stars are partially visible through 33% cloud cover — thin clouds drift across the sky. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 133.5 EUR/MWh price: a hazy, humid weight hangs over the industrial landscape, steam plumes spreading and lingering. Temperature is cool at 9.8°C; lush early-summer vegetation — tall grass and deciduous trees in full leaf — is barely visible at the margins, dew glistening where light catches it. Style: a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal, visible expressive brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective. Each technology is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor profiles, aluminium nacelle housings, hyperbolic cooling tower curvature, CCGT exhaust stacks with heat shimmer. The overall composition evokes a monumental nocturnal industrial panorama — a masterwork painting, not a photograph. No text, no labels.