Brown coal and gas dominate midnight generation as low wind and zero solar drive high prices and 12.3 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 34%
36%
Renewable share
6.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.1 GW
Total generation
12.3 GW
Net import
169.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.0°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
461
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; onshore wind 6.0 GW occupies the right quarter as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly on a dark ridge; natural gas 5.0 GW appears centre-right as compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting pale heat shimmer, lit by sodium floodlights; hard coal 4.3 GW sits centre-left as a large power station with twin chimneys and conveyor belts under orange industrial lighting; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-ground CHP plant with a wood-chip silo and modest stack; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far background with spillway lights reflected in dark water; offshore wind 0.2 GW is barely visible as a faint cluster of red aviation lights on the far horizon. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight, only a deep navy-black overcast pressing down heavily, creating an oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 169.4 EUR/MWh price. The air is warm and humid at 22°C; summer deciduous trees in full leaf stand as dark silhouettes. A gentle breeze of 12.6 km/h stirs leaves and steam plumes slightly. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools along an access road in the foreground. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colours with visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth achieved through layered darkness and scattered industrial glow, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and gas-turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.