Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as weak wind and no solar drive 18.5 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 30%
33%
Renewable share
3.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.1 GW
Total generation
-18.5 GW
Net import
131.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.9°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
463
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.6 GW occupies the centre-left as a CCGT plant with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer into the night; biomass 4.3 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single squat smokestack trailing pale smoke; hard coal 3.8 GW sits to the right as a coal-fired station with twin striped chimneys and conveyor belts faintly illuminated; wind onshore 3.4 GW is rendered as a sparse cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning, red aviation warning lights blinking; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam in the far background with faint floodlit spillway; wind offshore 0.2 GW is suggested by a single tiny turbine silhouette on the far horizon. The sky is completely black with full 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down. The only light sources are the amber and white industrial lights of the power stations reflected on wet spring grass and puddles. The air feels warm for midnight at nearly 15°C, with lush May vegetation — fresh green leaves on birch and linden trees visible at the scene's edges. Distant high-voltage transmission pylons recede into darkness, cables barely visible, symbolising the heavy import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial complexes and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with haze and steam merging into the low cloud base, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.