Brown coal and natural gas dominate overnight generation while 18.9 GW of net imports fill the gap under low wind.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 28%
37%
Renewable share
4.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.1 GW
Total generation
-18.9 GW
Net import
141.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.3°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
419
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 black night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 7.4 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin plumes, their metallic structures glowing under harsh white arc lamps; onshore wind 4.2 GW occupies the centre-right as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers slowly turning on a dark ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a single broad stack with a faint heat shimmer, warmly lit; hard coal 1.9 GW is a smaller coal plant with a single cooling tower and coal conveyor visible at far left; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam spillway at far right, water faintly reflecting industrial lights; offshore wind 0.2 GW is barely visible as tiny distant red dots on the horizon suggesting turbines at sea. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no moon, dense 98% overcast erasing all stars — a heavy oppressive ceiling of cloud rendered in deep charcoal and slate tones pressing down on the landscape. The air is mild at 15°C, lush mid-June vegetation — full-leaf deciduous trees, tall grass — rendered in dark greens barely visible in the industrial glow. The overall atmosphere is heavy and brooding, suggesting the high electricity price. No solar panels anywhere — it is midnight. Power lines recede into the darkness toward the borders, implying massive imports. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and exhaust stack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagining an industrial midnight. No text, no labels.