Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as near-zero wind and no solar drive heavy net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 8%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 30%
34%
Renewable share
2.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
23.7 GW
Total generation
-20.4 GW
Net import
127.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.1°C / 0 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
92.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
444
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with billowing white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer against the black sky; biomass 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip conveyor and a single smokestack with faint warm exhaust, illuminated by yellow work lights; wind onshore 2.1 GW is rendered as a few widely spaced three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors nearly still, with dim red aviation warning lights blinking; hard coal 2.0 GW sits at far left as a coal-fired station with a large rectangular stack and coal hoppers under harsh white spotlights; hydro 1.8 GW appears at far right as a concrete dam spillway with dark water glinting under a single floodlight; offshore wind 0.3 GW is a barely visible single turbine silhouette on the far horizon. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black vault with 92% cloud cover obscuring all stars, no twilight, no sky glow — a true 4 AM summer darkness. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price. The ground is lush mid-June vegetation — tall grass, leafy deciduous trees — visible only where industrial light catches it, damp with overnight dew at 13°C. No solar panels anywhere. The air is nearly perfectly still, no motion in leaves or flags. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of indigo, umber, and ochre, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from industrial lighting against the vast dark sky, atmospheric depth receding into hazy coal-smoke distance — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, lattice mast, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.