Coal and gas dominate nighttime generation; 11.1 GW net imports needed under full cloud cover with no solar.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 24%
46%
Renewable share
8.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.4 GW
Total generation
11.1 GW
Net import
165.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.6°C / 14 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
384
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a pitch-black, fully overcast sky; hard coal 4.4 GW appears just right of centre as smaller rectangular power station buildings with tall brick chimneys glowing faintly orange at their tops; natural gas 3.8 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with sleek exhaust stacks and a low blue-white flame visible through intake vents, positioned centre-right; wind onshore 7.0 GW spans the right quarter as a receding line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 1.0 GW appears as a small group of turbines on the far-right horizon above a barely visible dark sea line; biomass 3.6 GW is a modest industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and low smokestack emitting thin vapour, nestled between the coal plants and turbines; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with faintly illuminated spillway in the far background. The sky is completely black with heavy unbroken cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a warm oppressive August night at 2 AM. Sodium-orange streetlights line a small road in the foreground, casting pools of amber on summer-green foliage — lush deciduous trees and tall grass suggesting 19.6°C warmth. The atmosphere feels heavy and humid, with the steam plumes merging into low clouds. High-voltage transmission lines with red warning lights cross the middle ground, symbolising the large import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light and deep shadow, atmospheric depth receding into industrial haze — yet every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, three-blade rotor, and CCGT stack is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.