Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as low wind and zero solar drive 16 GW of net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 8%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 32%
36%
Renewable share
4.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.4 GW
Total generation
16.0 GW
Net import
130.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.6°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
456
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 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 black night sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights of the power station complex; natural gas 4.8 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their turbine halls glowing with warm interior light through industrial windows; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a dark hulking plant with conveyor belts and a single large chimney trailing faint smoke, red aviation warning lights blinking on its stack; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a modest wood-clad facility with a short stack and a pile of wood chips visible under floodlights in the right-centre; wind onshore 2.5 GW shows as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning, nacelle lights faintly visible; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested by tiny red blinking lights far on the horizon beyond a dark coastal silhouette; hydro 2.1 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the right background with water faintly reflecting facility lights. The sky is completely black with a deep navy tone, no twilight, no moon glow — a true 2 AM midsummer darkness. Stars are faintly obscured by industrial haze and steam. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — dense humid air hangs over the landscape. Foreground vegetation is lush summer grass and deciduous trees in full leaf, barely visible except where sodium streetlights cast orange pools. The overall composition is a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of deep indigo, amber, and warm grey, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze. Each technology is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles and lattice towers, aluminium-framed structures, hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with realistic condensation plumes, CCGT exhaust geometry. The painting evokes a monumental nocturnal industrial sublime. No text, no labels.