Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate midnight generation as large net imports cover a wide supply gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 32%
33%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.8 GW
Total generation
18.3 GW
Net import
160.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.5°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
2.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
471
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers rising against a black night sky, thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 5.6 GW fills the center-left as two compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, their metallic housings gleaming under harsh artificial lighting; hard coal 4.0 GW appears center-right as a gritty coal-fired plant with wide rectangular boiler buildings, conveyor belts frozen mid-motion, red aviation warning lights on the stack tops; biomass 4.0 GW sits to the right as a medium-sized industrial facility with a domed digester and a modest smokestack, warmly lit windows glowing amber; wind onshore 2.8 GW occupies the far right as a small group of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning very slowly in barely perceptible wind, red blinking nacelle lights against the darkness; hydro 2.1 GW appears in the foreground as a concrete dam with water spilling through illuminated sluice gates, white froth catching floodlight; wind offshore 0.5 GW is a faint silhouette of a single offshore turbine glimpsed on a distant dark horizon. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no moon, only scattered stars visible through perfectly clear skies (2% cloud cover). The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and industrial, reflecting the high electricity price — a thick humid summer haze clings to the ground, smearing the sodium lights into amber halos. Lush midsummer vegetation — dark leafy trees and tall grass — frames the foreground, appropriate for 17.5°C July warmth but visible only where light spills from the plants. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons cross the scene, symbolizing the import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, deep atmospheric perspective — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every cooling tower profile, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.