Brown coal, gas, and wind lead nighttime generation as Germany imports 16.6 GW to meet summer evening demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 23%
42%
Renewable share
6.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.8 GW
Total generation
-16.6 GW
Net import
165.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
27.0°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
386
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black night sky; natural gas 6.8 GW fills the center-left as a complex of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by banks of sodium-yellow industrial floodlights; hard coal 2.8 GW appears center-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single squat cooling tower and conveyor belts visible under arc lights; wind onshore 5.4 GW spans the right third as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a dark ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking in sequence; wind offshore 0.5 GW is a faint cluster of tiny red lights on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack glowing warmly between the gas and coal plants; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure in the far background with illuminated spillway. The sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow — a deep navy-to-black firmament with scattered stars partially obscured by the rising steam plumes. The warm 27°C summer night is conveyed through lush dark-green deciduous foliage in the foreground, barely visible in the industrial glow. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 165 EUR/MWh price — humid summer air trapping the steam low, creating a dense industrial haze illuminated from below by amber and white lights. Clear sky with zero cloud cover allows stars where steam does not obscure them. Light breeze subtly animates the turbine blades. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep color palette dominated by blacks, deep blues, amber industrial glows, and ghostly white steam; visible expressive brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of haze; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust stacks, and conveyor infrastructure. The painting evokes the sublime tension between nature's dark tranquility and industrial power. No text, no labels.