Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation while 16.2 GW net imports cover a significant supply gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 31%
33%
Renewable share
4.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.6 GW
Total generation
16.2 GW
Net import
164.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.1°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
53.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
468
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the darkness, lit from below by orange sodium lamps on the plant grounds; natural gas 7.3 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, floodlit in harsh industrial white; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a single wide chimney, glowing furnace light visible through grated openings; wind onshore 4.1 GW occupies the right portion as a line of tall three-blade turbines on a gentle ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the dark, blades barely turning in the light 5.5 km/h breeze; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a modest smokestack and a lit loading bay, placed between the coal and the turbines; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a small illuminated dam spillway in the far background valley; wind offshore 0.4 GW is suggested by tiny red lights far on the horizon. The time is midnight: the sky is completely black, no twilight, no sky glow, a deep navy-to-black firmament with only faint stars partially veiled by 53% cloud cover. The summer landscape below shows dark-green deciduous trees in full leaf, barely visible except where caught by industrial light. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, suggesting the high electricity price — a brooding, dense quality to the air. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, deep atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.