Coal and gas dominate midnight generation while 10.4 GW net imports cover the supply gap under overcast skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 19%
44%
Renewable share
8.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.0 GW
Total generation
10.4 GW
Net import
172.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.0°C / 3 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
376
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.0 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 4.7 GW appears just right of centre as a large coal-fired power station with two tall chimneys trailing grey smoke, conveyor belts and coal stockpiles faintly visible under industrial floodlights; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-right as three compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel housings reflecting amber security lighting; wind onshore 7.9 GW spans the far right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness, rotors turning slowly; wind offshore 0.9 GW is suggested by a small cluster of turbines on the distant horizon near the right edge; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wooden-chip silo and a single stack producing faint exhaust, positioned between the coal and gas facilities; hydro 1.2 GW is rendered as a modest dam structure with spillway water visible at the far left edge, illuminated by a single floodlight. The sky is completely black with heavy 100% overcast—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow—a dense oppressive ceiling of cloud barely distinguishable from the void, conveying the high electricity price. The season is late summer: deciduous trees in full dark-green foliage frame the foreground, leaves motionless in the nearly calm 3.2 km/h air. The temperature of 17°C is suggested by slight ground-level mist drifting across a flat German lowland landscape. No solar panels anywhere. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth—but with meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.