Coal and gas dominate overnight generation while 15.8 GW of net imports fill the gap under light winds.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 20%
Brown coal 23%
33%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
23.9 GW
Total generation
15.8 GW
Net import
163.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.0°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
454
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; hard coal 4.7 GW sits left-of-centre as a hulking power station with tall rectangular chimneys and glowing conveyor belts of fuel; natural gas 5.9 GW fills the centre-right as compact CCGT blocks with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, lit by orange sodium floodlights; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a modest plant with a rounded dome and wood-chip storage area behind the gas units; wind onshore 2.5 GW stands in the far right background as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades barely turning in the still air, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 0.6 GW is suggested by a faint line of tiny turbine silhouettes on a distant dark horizon; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam structure nestled in a valley at the far right edge. The sky is completely black with a thick 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy, oppressive, lightless ceiling pressing down to convey the high electricity price. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange and white industrial floodlights casting harsh pools of light on concrete structures, steel pipes, and steam plumes. The air is warm and humid at 19°C; summer foliage — dense dark-green deciduous trees — frames the foreground, their leaves motionless in the calm. A faint haze of industrial warmth shimmers above the cooling towers. High-voltage transmission lines recede into the darkness toward the borders, symbolising the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, sombre colour palette of deep navy, burnt orange, and ashen grey — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, dramatic chiaroscuro between industrial light and surrounding darkness. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, CCGT stack, and lattice pylon. No text, no labels.