Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as light winds and zero solar drive 16 GW of net imports.
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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
4.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.9 GW
Total generation
-16.0 GW
Net import
122.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.7°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
67.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
435
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with three hyperbolic cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.7 GW fills the centre-left as two sleek CCGT combined-cycle units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer into the night air; hard coal 3.5 GW appears centre-right as a classical coal-fired plant with a pair of rectangular boiler houses and a single large smokestack; wind onshore 4.6 GW occupies the right quarter as a scattered line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-and-tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades barely turning in the light breeze; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a domed digester and wood-chip conveyor belt, warmly lit windows glowing amber; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the far right background, floodlit with white light reflecting off dark water; wind offshore 0.2 GW is a faint cluster of tiny red lights on the far horizon suggesting distant offshore turbines. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — with 67% cloud cover rendered as heavy grey-charcoal clouds partially obscuring scattered stars. The landscape is early-spring central German rolling terrain with bare-budding deciduous trees and damp green grass faintly visible under industrial light spill. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down, humid air carries visible haze around the cooling tower plumes. Temperature 7.7°C is conveyed through condensation on metal surfaces and workers in jackets. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons stretch across the entire scene, symbolising the heavy import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnes combined with the industrial precision of Adolph Menzel's ironworks — visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the pitch-black night, atmospheric depth with receding layers of industrial infrastructure fading into misty darkness. No text, no labels.