Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate midnight generation as negligible wind and zero solar force heavy net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 31%
29%
Renewable share
2.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.6 GW
Total generation
-16.0 GW
Net import
169.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.3°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
2.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
490
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 7.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a squat coal-fired station with a single large chimney and conveyor belts visible under work lights; biomass 3.9 GW sits to the right as a modest wood-chip-fed cogeneration plant with a green-tinged glow from its boiler house windows; wind onshore 2.3 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors nearly still in the calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 0.5 GW is barely suggested as a faint pair of turbine silhouettes on the far-right horizon; hydro 1.7 GW is rendered as a concrete dam with spillway in the middle distance, faintly illuminated. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black vault with scattered stars visible through a nearly cloudless atmosphere, no twilight glow whatsoever. The air feels warm and oppressively still — summer foliage on foreground deciduous trees is lush and motionless, leaves dark green-black in the artificial light. The overall atmosphere is heavy and brooding, reflecting the high electricity price: a thick, almost tangible industrial haze hangs low, tinted amber and sulphur by the plant lighting. High-voltage transmission lines stretch across the scene carrying imported power. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the black sky and the glowing industrial facilities, atmospheric depth created by layered haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.