Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation while 18 GW of net imports cover a large consumption gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 31%
35%
Renewable share
5.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.6 GW
Total generation
18.0 GW
Net import
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Day-ahead price
19.7°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
87.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
456
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the lignite plant's conveyors and boiler houses; natural gas 6.4 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, their turbine halls glowing with interior fluorescent light; onshore wind 4.9 GW appears across the centre-right as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly in light breeze, red aviation warning lights blinking at each nacelle; hard coal 4.0 GW occupies the right-centre as a traditional coal-fired station with a single large chimney stack and rectangular boiler building, coal piles faintly visible under floodlights; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a modest industrial facility with a rounded silo and short stack emitting pale vapour, warmly lit; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the far right background with spillway water catching reflected light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow, heavy 87% cloud cover obscuring all stars, the atmosphere calm and still. The season is midsummer with lush dark foliage on deciduous trees framing the foreground — leaves full but invisible except where caught by artificial light. A broad river in the foreground reflects the orange industrial glow and cooling tower steam. The mood is quiet and industrially serene, not ominous. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro, deep tonal range from warm sodium oranges to cool midnight blues — yet every piece of energy infrastructure rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor geometry, aluminium cladding on gas turbine housings, reinforced concrete cooling tower shells. No text, no labels.