Brown coal and wind dominate overnight generation as Germany draws 11.1 GW in net imports at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
45%
Renewable share
9.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.8 GW
Total generation
-11.1 GW
Net import
130.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
394
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the night sky, illuminated from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; wind onshore 8.4 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers spread across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; natural gas 5.4 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT power station with tall single exhaust stacks and a faint blue-white gas flare; hard coal 4.0 GW sits behind the brown coal complex as a smaller set of square-profiled boiler buildings with conveyor belts and a single tall chimney emitting grey smoke; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest stack, tucked in the middle distance; wind offshore 1.4 GW is suggested by a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark glint of sea; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure in a valley at the far right. The sky is completely black, no twilight, no moon, deep navy-to-black gradient, stars barely visible through a hazy warm atmosphere. The air feels heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price — a faint heat shimmer rises from the industrial complexes. Lush summer vegetation, dense dark-green deciduous trees and tall grass, barely visible except where caught by artificial light. Temperature is warm: open windows glow in a distant village. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth, dramatic interplay of industrial sodium light against the void of the summer night sky — yet every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, CCGT stack, and conveyor belt is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.