Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as 14.4 GW net imports fill the gap at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 33%
37%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.0 GW
Total generation
14.4 GW
Net import
170.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.4°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
18.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
448
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the dark sky; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; onshore wind 6.3 GW spans the centre-right as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades rotating slowly in moderate breeze; hard coal 4.0 GW appears at the far right as a traditional coal-fired station with rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts, and a tall brick chimney trailing smoke; biomass 4.0 GW sits in the mid-ground as a wood-chip-fed industrial plant with a squat stack and warm amber glow from furnace windows; hydro 1.4 GW is visible as a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the distant background; offshore wind 0.5 GW is barely suggested on the far horizon as tiny lit nacelles. The time is midnight in July: the sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow, only a scattering of faint stars partially veiled by steam and industrial haze. All structures are lit by sodium-orange streetlights, harsh white industrial floodlights, and the red aviation warning lights atop cooling towers and wind turbines. The warm 21°C summer air is suggested by lush green deciduous trees and dense vegetation in the foreground, barely visible in the artificial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hazy with industrial moisture and warm air, reflecting the high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette dominated by deep navy, amber, and charcoal tones, visible textured brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness. Each technology is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor assemblies with nacelle housings on the wind turbines, the parabolic curves of concrete cooling towers, riveted steel structures on the coal plant. The painting feels monumental and atmospheric, an industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.