Brown coal and gas anchor overnight generation while 12.5 GW of net imports cover strong summer-night demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 28%
42%
Renewable share
7.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.3 GW
Total generation
12.5 GW
Net import
151.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.4°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
39.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
400
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 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 darkness, their concrete surfaces lit by amber sodium lamps at their bases; wind onshore 6.7 GW fills the centre-right as a broad field of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning very slowly in near-calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; natural gas 5.9 GW appears centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by harsh white industrial floodlights; biomass 3.9 GW sits in the mid-ground as a modest wood-chip power station with a squat chimney and a glowing conveyor belt of fuel visible through open bay doors; hard coal 3.0 GW appears as a single large coal-fired station with a tall rectangular stack and bunker buildings in the right background, coal dust faintly visible under spotlights; hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway barely visible in the far distance, lit by a few safety lights. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, with scattered stars visible through 39% cloud cover — patches of thin cloud drifting across constellations. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the cool 10.4°C temperature, conveying the high electricity price through a brooding, weighty stillness. Summer vegetation — full leafy trees and tall grass — is rendered in muted dark greens barely visible in the industrial light spill. The entire scene is painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with distant haze around the cooling tower plumes, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.