Brown coal and gas anchor overnight generation while 13.5 GW net imports fill the gap under calm, clear skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 30%
43%
Renewable share
8.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.0 GW
Total generation
13.5 GW
Net import
140.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.7°C / 8 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
409
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 4.3 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heated vapour, their turbine halls glowing warmly through high windows; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a dark imposing coal plant with a single large smokestack and visible coal conveyors under floodlights; wind onshore 7.7 GW spans the right third as a long row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers receding into darkness across flat farmland, blades turning very slowly in light wind, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 0.9 GW is barely visible as a distant cluster of tiny red lights on the far-right horizon suggesting sea-based turbines; biomass 3.6 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a woodchip storage dome and a modest smokestack near the coal plant; hydro 1.2 GW is represented by a small concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway at the far left edge. Time is 04:00 — the sky is completely black, no twilight, no sky glow, deep navy-to-black firmament with scattered sharp stars visible through the clear 0% cloud cover. The 16.7°C midsummer night shows lush dark-green deciduous trees and tall grass in the foreground, barely visible in ambient industrial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price — thick humid air trapping the orange glow of sodium streetlights and plant floodlights, creating halos and a brooding industrial weight. A two-lane road with a single pair of headlights cuts through the foreground. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, chiaroscuro contrast between the black sky and the fiery industrial glow — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.