Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation; large net imports cover a 15.4 GW shortfall under calm, overcast skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 34%
32%
Renewable share
3.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.7 GW
Total generation
15.3 GW
Net import
146.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.4°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
483
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 6.3 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing orange flares; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a dense industrial facility with conveyor belts, stockpiles, and twin chimneys trailing grey smoke; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a cluster of smaller industrial plants with timber-clad facades and modest stacks, warm amber light spilling from their interiors; wind onshore 3.4 GW occupies the right side as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, lit by red aviation warning lights; hydro 1.8 GW appears in the far right background as a concrete dam with faint spillway illumination; wind offshore 0.4 GW is suggested by a distant single turbine silhouette on a dark horizon line. The time is 2 AM: the sky is completely black with full 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — only a deep oppressive charcoal-black canopy pressing down on the scene, conveying the high electricity price. Sodium-orange streetlights line an access road weaving between the facilities. The summer landscape has lush dark green vegetation dimly visible at ground level, warm 18°C air carrying wisps of humidity. The atmosphere is heavy, muggy, and still — almost no wind motion. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of blacks, deep blues, warm oranges and industrial yellows; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of steam and haze receding into darkness; meticulous technical accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust stack. The scene feels monumental and brooding, a masterwork industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.