Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation; light winds and 15.1 GW net imports drive elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 32%
38%
Renewable share
6.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.3 GW
Total generation
-15.1 GW
Net import
139.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.2°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
45.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
435
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange floodlights; wind onshore 5.4 GW spans the centre-right as a row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning slowly in light breeze, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 0.6 GW appears as a small distant cluster of turbines on the far right horizon; biomass 3.8 GW sits behind the gas plant as a wood-chip-fed facility with a modest smokestack and conveyor belt, warmly lit; hydro 1.7 GW appears as a concrete dam spillway in the right background with water gleaming under artificial light; hard coal 3.0 GW stands between the brown coal towers and gas plant as a smaller conventional plant with a single tall chimney and coal bunker. The sky is completely black, deep navy at most, a warm summer night at 1 AM with no twilight, no sky glow — only stars faintly visible through 45% cloud cover in broken patches. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hazy with industrial moisture and warmth at 21°C, summer foliage on scattered trees in dark silhouette. Sodium streetlights cast orange pools along an access road in the foreground. High-voltage transmission lines and steel pylons cross the scene, symbolising the heavy import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of indigo, amber, and slate grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on each facility. No text, no labels.