Brown coal and wind lead overnight generation while 12.2 GW of net imports fill a significant supply gap at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 26%
48%
Renewable share
11.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.1 GW
Total generation
12.2 GW
Net import
153.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.5°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
9.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
365
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.9 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 sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights on the plant grounds; wind onshore 9.4 GW spans the right third as a long procession of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across dark rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; natural gas 5.5 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with single tall exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, floodlit in harsh white; hard coal 3.3 GW sits centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts, illuminated by orange industrial lighting; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested at the far right horizon as a faint line of tiny red blinking lights above an invisible sea; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and low stack, glowing warmly in the middle distance; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam structure near the foreground with water glinting under a security lamp. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-to-black, no twilight, no moon visible, only a scattering of stars where gaps between the steam plumes allow. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, haze diffusing the industrial lights into halos, reflecting the high electricity price. Summer vegetation — full-leafed deciduous trees and tall grass — is barely discernible in the darkness, swaying gently in moderate wind. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of indigo, umber, and ochre with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth created by layered industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and gas-turbine exhaust cowl. No text, no labels.