Wind and brown coal dominate overnight generation as 7 GW net imports bridge a supply gap at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 15%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 24%
54%
Renewable share
14.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.2 GW
Total generation
7.0 GW
Net import
130.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.1°C / 6 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
328
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.9 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 lit from below by orange sodium lamps; wind onshore 9.5 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling farmland, their red aviation lights blinking in the darkness; wind offshore 5.5 GW appears on the far right horizon as a line of turbines standing in a barely visible dark sea, nacelle lights glowing; natural gas 5.2 GW is rendered centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their facilities lit by bright industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.1 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional station with a single large smokestack and conveyor infrastructure; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wooden-chip storage dome and short stack, warmly lit; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested in the far background as a small dam structure with spillway catching faint reflected light. The sky is completely black — a true 4 AM midsummer night with no twilight, no sky glow, only a deep navy-black dome with scattered stars partially obscured by industrial steam. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price — a brooding, weighty quality to the air. Temperature is mild at 11°C; summer vegetation is lush but barely visible, green grass and leafy trees only faintly caught by amber streetlight spill. Ground-level wind is light, so turbine blades turn slowly. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth — yet every engineering detail is meticulously accurate: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust geometries. The scene conveys the industrial sublime of a nation's grid working through the darkest hour. No text, no labels.