Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate nighttime generation as Germany imports ~18.7 GW to meet demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
37%
Renewable share
4.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.6 GW
Total generation
-18.7 GW
Net import
126.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.7°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
433
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black night sky, their bases glowing orange from internal furnace light; natural gas 6.5 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, lit by sodium-orange floodlights; hard coal 3.5 GW appears centre-right as a large industrial complex with conveyor belts, coal bunkers, and a single squat cooling tower, illuminated by harsh white industrial lighting; biomass 4.7 GW is rendered in the right-centre as several mid-sized plant buildings with rounded silos and wood-chip storage yards, warm amber light spilling from their windows; onshore wind 4.5 GW spans the far right as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching along a low ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the far distance at lower right, faintly illuminated; offshore wind 0.2 GW is suggested by a single distant turbine silhouette barely visible on a dark horizon line far left. The sky is completely black with faint stars visible through a perfectly clear atmosphere — zero cloud cover — yet the air feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price, rendered as a subtle haze of industrial particulate caught in the floodlights. The season is mid-spring: grass and young leaf growth on scattered trees are rendered in muted dark greens visible only where artificial light touches them. Temperature around 10°C is conveyed by condensation and visible breath-like vapour near ground-level vents. Light wind at 9.7 km/h gives gentle motion to steam plumes drifting slowly rightward and subtle turbine blade rotation. The entire composition is a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, dark palette dominated by deep navy, coal-black, warm amber, and sodium-orange tones — with visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth through layered industrial haze, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The mood evokes Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnal sublime transposed onto a sprawling fossil-fuel-dominated industrial landscape. No text, no labels.