Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation as 8 GW net imports cover residual demand on a warm summer night.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 24%
54%
Renewable share
14.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.4 GW
Total generation
-8.0 GW
Net import
154.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.5°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
330
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as a vast field of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching into the darkness, their red aviation warning lights blinking; brown coal 9.4 GW occupies the left third as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes illuminated from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 5.2 GW appears centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting faint heat shimmer; hard coal 3.2 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular chimney glowing dull red; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a short stack trailing pale smoke; hydro 2.0 GW appears in the foreground as a low concrete dam with water spilling through illuminated spillways; wind offshore 1.9 GW is faintly visible on the far-right horizon as tiny blinking red lights on distant turbines over a dark sea. The sky is completely black to deep navy, no twilight, no moon visible, stars barely perceptible through a faintly hazy warm atmosphere — an oppressive, heavy summer night reflecting the 154.9 EUR/MWh price. The air is still, only the slightest motion in the turbine blades matching 2.9 km/h wind. Lush green deciduous trees and full summer vegetation frame the foreground, leaves motionless. Warm sodium streetlights line a road in the lower foreground. No solar panels anywhere. Highly detailed oil painting in the style of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of indigo, amber, and deep ochre; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with industrial haze; meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, and plant structures. No text, no labels.