Wind onshore and brown coal lead overnight generation as 13 GW of net imports cover the supply gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 19%
58%
Renewable share
9.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
24.5 GW
Total generation
-13.2 GW
Net import
108.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.3°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
281
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 8.7 GW dominates the right third of the scene as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning in moderate wind; brown coal 4.7 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into darkness; natural gas 4.4 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with tall slim exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, lit by sodium floodlights; biomass 3.9 GW sits centre-right as a mid-scale industrial facility with a domed wood-chip silo and a single smokestack; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a distant concrete dam spillway, faintly illuminated; hard coal 1.2 GW is a smaller power station behind the lignite complex with a single square cooling tower; wind offshore 0.3 GW is a barely visible cluster of tiny turbines on the far horizon. TIME: 03:00 at night — completely dark sky, no twilight, no sky glow, deep black-navy overhead, 100% cloud cover so no stars visible. The only light comes from sodium-orange industrial floodlights, glowing control-room windows, and red aviation warning lights atop turbine nacelles and smokestacks. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low-hanging cloud traps the industrial steam and warm light in a claustrophobic amber haze. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely discernible in the artificial light at the base of the turbines. Temperature around 9°C, slight moisture in the air creating halos around lamps. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.