Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation while 12 GW of net imports fill a significant supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 18%
55%
Renewable share
9.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.1 GW
Total generation
-12.1 GW
Net import
114.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.0°C / 30 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
305
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 8.3 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors spinning briskly in strong wind, arrayed across rolling dark hillsides; brown coal 5.0 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick steam plumes drifting sideways in the wind, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 4.6 GW appears centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT power blocks with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, surrounded by glowing pipe racks; hard coal 2.5 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller station with a single rectangular boiler house and conveyor belt silhouette; biomass 3.6 GW is rendered centre-right as a medium industrial facility with a timber-framed fuel storage dome and a modest smokestack with faint exhaust; hydro 1.7 GW appears in the middle distance as a concrete dam wall with spillway, faintly illuminated by security lights. The sky is completely black-dark, no twilight, no stars visible — a thick 100% overcast blanket presses down oppressively, the atmosphere heavy and stifling despite the warm 21°C summer night air. Sodium streetlights along a road cast orange pools of light. Green summer foliage on trees is barely visible in the darkness. Wind visibly bends tall grasses and tree branches. The mood is tense and industrially intense, reflecting the high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, dramatic contrast between deep shadow and warm artificial light, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into misty darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.