Late-night import dependency as wind, brown coal, and gas share the load under full overcast at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
48%
Renewable share
13.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.3 GW
Total generation
-10.6 GW
Net import
115.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.0°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
352
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.6 GW dominates the right third of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills, rotors turning in moderate wind; brown coal 8.2 GW fills the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 8.2 GW occupies the left-centre as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, lit by white facility floodlights; hard coal 4.1 GW appears as a darker, older power station with rectangular chimneys and conveyor gantries beside a coal pile, illuminated by amber security lights; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a medium-scale industrial plant with a domed digester and wood-chip storage silos, glowing warmly from interior lights; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam and turbine house visible in the far background valley, water faintly reflecting artificial light; wind offshore 1.4 GW appears as a distant line of turbines on a dark horizon suggesting the North Sea. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 100% cloud cover blocking all stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever — a true late-night scene. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: low dense clouds press down on the industrial landscape. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass, budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the scattered sodium and floodlight spill, temperature around 11°C suggesting damp cool air with faint mist around the cooling towers. Transmission pylons and high-voltage lines thread between the plants, carrying imported power. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich deep colour palette of navy, umber, ochre, and pale steam-white, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of haze and light, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, exhaust stack, and pylon insulator. No text, no labels.