Wind and brown coal lead overnight generation while 6.8 GW of net imports cover a warm summer demand gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 22%
55%
Renewable share
14.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.7 GW
Total generation
6.8 GW
Net import
143.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.5°C / 8 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
318
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.9 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into pitch-black sky, lit from below by amber sodium lamps; hard coal 3.3 GW appears just right of centre-left as a smaller coal plant with a single tall stack and conveyor belts glowing under floodlights; natural gas 4.9 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, their turbine halls lit by blue-white industrial lighting; wind onshore 10.6 GW fills the right third and extends into the background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles, blades slowly turning in moderate breeze; wind offshore 4.1 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a faint row of red blinking lights over an invisible sea; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a green-lit silo near the coal complex; hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete dam structure in the far background with a faint spillway glow. The sky is completely black, 100% overcast, no stars, no moon, no twilight—only a deep oppressive navy-charcoal ceiling pressing down, conveying high electricity prices and heavy atmosphere. The air is warm and humid at 21.5°C; summer foliage on scattered deciduous trees is lush and dark, barely visible except where caught by facility lighting. Puddles of orange sodium light pool on access roads between facilities. Distant high-voltage transmission towers with red warning lights recede into darkness, hinting at cross-border import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.