Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation while 9.7 GW of net imports fill a significant supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 19%
54%
Renewable share
10.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.4 GW
Total generation
-9.7 GW
Net import
116.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.3°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
312
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 5.7 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; natural gas 5.1 GW occupies the left-centre as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, lit by amber sodium lights; wind onshore 9.2 GW spans the entire right half of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; wind offshore 1.4 GW appears as a small cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly reflective sea surface; biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip conveyor and a single smokestack with warm exhaust, situated centre-right; hard coal 2.7 GW appears as a coal-fired plant with a rectangular chimney and coal stockpile near the left, illuminated by floodlights; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure with water cascading under floodlights at the far left edge. The sky is entirely black with 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight, only a low heavy blanket of invisible cloud faintly reflecting the orange industrial glow from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. The warm 21°C summer night shows lush dark-green deciduous foliage barely visible in the artificial light. Light wind barely stirs the leaves. All rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich deep tones of black, dark navy, amber and ochre, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.