Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation as light winds and zero solar drive high imports and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 26%
41%
Renewable share
6.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.0 GW
Total generation
-12.8 GW
Net import
121.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.4°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
42.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
401
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.6 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 6.8 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, their turbine halls glowing with interior fluorescent light; wind onshore 4.9 GW spans the centre-right as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning slowly, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a smaller industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with faint exhaust, set behind the gas units; hard coal 2.8 GW sits to the far left as a traditional coal plant with a single large chimney and conveyor belt structures, lit by harsh white spotlights; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested in the far distance as tiny red blinking lights on the horizon line; hydro 1.7 GW appears as a concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway in the right background nestled against dark forested hills. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, with scattered stars visible through 42% broken cloud cover. The mild 15.4°C June night shows lush green vegetation in foreground meadows faintly visible under industrial light spill. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, with a warm haze hanging over the industrial installations, reflecting the high electricity price. Light winds barely stir the grass. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal grey, visible textured brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the black sky and sodium-lit industrial foreground, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on each facility including turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium structural framing, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower surfaces with condensation streaks. No text, no labels.