Brown coal and wind lead overnight generation while 10 GW of net imports bridge the consumption gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 27%
47%
Renewable share
8.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.1 GW
Total generation
-10.0 GW
Net import
115.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.6°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
370
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with pale steam plumes rising into a pitch-black sky, their bases lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; wind onshore 6.7 GW occupies the right quarter as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning slowly, red aviation warning lights blinking at nacelle height against the dark; natural gas 5.1 GW fills the centre-right as a pair of compact CCGT power stations with slender exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes, warmly lit by facility lighting; hard coal 2.8 GW appears centre-left as a smaller coal plant with a single squat smokestack and conveyor belt silhouette; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a distinctive dome silo and low steam vent, situated between the coal and gas plants; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested far in the background right as a faint row of red blinking nacelle lights near a dark horizon suggesting a distant coast; hydro 1.7 GW appears as a modest dam structure at the far left edge, water faintly reflecting sodium light. The sky is completely black with no twilight glow whatsoever—a deep midsummer 2 AM darkness over central Germany—with scattered stars visible only where steam plumes do not obscure them. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite clear skies, a faint haze hanging low over the industrial landscape to reflect the high electricity price. Vegetation is lush midsummer green but barely visible, caught only in pools of artificial light. The overall mood is solemn industrial nocturne. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, warm sodium-orange against cool navy blacks, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine blade, cooling tower contour, and exhaust stack, atmospheric depth receding into darkness. No text, no labels.