Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as low wind and significant net imports drive prices above 119 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 26%
42%
Renewable share
6.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.9 GW
Total generation
-12.8 GW
Net import
119.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.0°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
87.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
396
gCOâ‚‚/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick steam plumes into the black night sky, their forms lit by amber sodium lamps at their bases; natural gas 6.7 GW fills the centre-left as two modern CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by bright industrial floodlights; wind onshore 5.1 GW stretches across the centre-right as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking slowly, rotors turning at barely perceptible speed; wind offshore 1.5 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far right horizon, their warning lights dotting a thin strip of dark sea; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wooden-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with a warm orange glow at its top, positioned between the gas plant and onshore turbines; hard coal 2.8 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single large chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure, lit by white industrial lights, tucked behind the brown coal complex on the far left; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure with spillway in the lower right foreground, water faintly reflecting the red turbine lights above. The sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow — a deep overcast June night at 03:00 with 87% cloud cover blocking all stars, the heavy clouds faintly catching the orange industrial glow from below, creating an oppressive, low ceiling atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The mid-June vegetation — full leafy deciduous trees, tall grass — is barely visible in darkness, shown only where caught by sodium streetlight spill. The overall atmosphere is heavy, humid, industrially warm. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with smoke and steam layering into the dark sky. Meticulous engineering detail on every installation: nacelle housings, three-blade rotor profiles, aluminium cooling tower frameworks, CCGT exhaust cowlings. No text, no labels.