Brown coal and wind dominate overnight generation as Germany imports 7.9 GW to meet summer night demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 25%
55%
Renewable share
11.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.4 GW
Total generation
-7.9 GW
Net import
115.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.5°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
84.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
329
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.5 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of four massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick luminous steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lamps at the plant base; wind onshore 10.6 GW spans the right third as a long receding line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly; hard coal 3.3 GW appears center-left as a smaller coal plant with a single tall brick chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure, illuminated by industrial floodlights; natural gas 2.9 GW sits center-right as two compact CCGT units with slim stainless-steel exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; biomass 3.5 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed power station with a conical silo and short smokestack glowing warmly; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far background with spillway lights reflected on dark water; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested at the far right horizon as tiny red-lit turbines above a faintly visible sea line. TIME: 03:00 Berlin, deep night — completely dark sky, no twilight, no moon visible, heavy 84% cloud cover creating a low oppressive ceiling faintly reflecting the amber industrial glow from below. Temperature 22.5°C: warm summer night, lush dark-green deciduous trees visible where floodlights catch them, leaves motionless in near-calm 5.3 km/h air. The atmosphere feels heavy and close, conveying the elevated 115.7 EUR/MWh price through a thick, brooding, almost sulphurous haze hanging over the industrial landscape. No solar panels anywhere. Foreground: a dark country road with wet asphalt reflecting plant lights, a single high-voltage pylon with sagging transmission lines crossing the mid-ground connecting to neighboring grids. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the inky night sky and the fiery amber glow of industrial facilities, atmospheric sfumato in the steam and haze, meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. The painting evokes Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnal sublime translated into the modern energy landscape. No text, no labels.