Brown coal and imports dominate at 4 AM as calm winds and no solar leave thermal plants carrying the load.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 34%
35%
Renewable share
4.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.6 GW
Total generation
11.8 GW
Net import
152.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.1°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
75.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
469
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the night sky; hard coal 4.1 GW appears center-left as a darker, angular coal-fired plant with tall chimneys and conveyor gantries; natural gas 4.0 GW fills the center as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat haze; biomass 3.8 GW sits center-right as a cluster of wood-chip-fed boiler buildings with modest stacks and warm amber-lit loading bays; wind onshore 3.7 GW occupies the right portion as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors barely turning in the nearly still air; wind offshore 0.9 GW is suggested by distant turbine silhouettes on the far-right horizon; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam structure at the far right with faintly lit spillway. Time is 4 AM in deep summer: the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with no twilight or sky glow, a 75% overcast ceiling of low clouds dimly lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. The cooling tower steam glows faintly orange-amber from plant floodlights. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a humid, thick, close feeling with haze trapped at low level. Temperature is cool at 9°C; lush midsummer vegetation — dense green deciduous trees, tall grass — is barely visible in the darkness, dew glistening on leaves under lamp light. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the murky distance, cables humming with imported power. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich deep colour palette of indigo, burnt sienna, and lamp-gold, visible brushwork, atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.