Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as minimal wind and zero solar drive heavy net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 29%
34%
Renewable share
2.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
24.6 GW
Total generation
-18.4 GW
Net import
127.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.9°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
92.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
443
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.2 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white heat shimmer, their turbine halls lit by sodium floodlights; biomass 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a medium-scale industrial plant with a tall cylindrical boiler building and wood-chip conveyor belts, warm interior light glowing from open loading bays; onshore wind 2.5 GW is rendered as a sparse row of five three-blade turbines on a low ridge behind the plants, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; hard coal 2.0 GW appears as a single coal-fired station at far right with a rectangular stack and coal bunkers; hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a concrete dam face visible in a valley gap between the coal and biomass plants, with water gleaming faintly under floodlights. The sky is completely dark — deep black-navy, no twilight, no moon, 92% cloud cover creating a low oppressive overcast ceiling faintly illuminated from below by the orange-amber sodium lighting of the industrial complex. The atmosphere feels heavy and warm for a June night, lush green deciduous trees in full summer foliage lining a river in the foreground, their leaves motionless in the calm air. Reflections of amber and white industrial lights shimmer on the dark river surface. No solar panels anywhere. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering accuracy in every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack. The mood is solemn, industrial, monumental. No text, no labels.