Brown coal, gas, hard coal, and wind supply a midnight grid requiring 8.9 GW net imports at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 26%
40%
Renewable share
9.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.1 GW
Total generation
8.9 GW
Net import
156.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.4°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
15.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
417
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 emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark sky; wind onshore 7.1 GW spans the centre-right background as a long row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning steadily in moderate wind; natural gas 6.6 GW occupies the centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin plumes; hard coal 5.2 GW appears in the centre as a hulking coal-fired plant with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a large smokestack; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested in the far right distance as a faint cluster of turbines silhouetted on a dark horizon line; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a rounded storage silo and a modest chimney emitting a pale wisp; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam and spillway in the lower right foreground, water catching faint reflected light. No solar panels visible — it is midnight with zero solar generation. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, with scattered stars visible through only 15% cloud cover; a warm midsummer night at 20°C with lush green deciduous trees and tall grass barely visible in the foreground. All structures are lit by warm sodium-orange industrial lighting, glowing windows in control rooms, and occasional red aviation warning lights on turbine nacelles and smokestacks. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high 156.8 EUR/MWh electricity price — a faint industrial haze hangs low, diffusing the artificial lights. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich, dark palette, visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and coal conveyor structure.