Brown coal and gas dominate midnight generation as Germany imports 12.4 GW under a clear, calm spring night.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 27%
38%
Renewable share
5.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.2 GW
Total generation
-12.4 GW
Net import
118.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.3°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
2.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
426
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 thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 6.7 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, their facades illuminated by harsh floodlights; onshore wind 5.2 GW occupies the centre-right as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly on a dark ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with conveyor belts and a single smokestack glowing warmly among stacked wood-chip piles; hard coal 3.5 GW stands to the far right as a traditional coal-fired station with rectangular cooling towers and coal conveyors under floodlight; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway visible in the distant background, water catching faint reflected light. The sky is completely black with brilliant stars and a nearly clear firmament — only 2% cloud cover — no twilight, no sky glow, deep navy-black darkness. The air is still, reflecting 5 km/h wind; the turbine blades barely move. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the tension of a 118 EUR/MWh price: a faint amber-brown industrial haze clings low to the horizon. Early spring vegetation — bare-branched trees beginning to bud, damp cool grassland at 7°C. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep indigo, burnt sienna, and sodium orange, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between the dark countryside and the glowing industrial complexes. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor nacelles, aluminium-clad CCGT housings, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower shells with internal steam illumination. No text, no labels.