Coal and gas dominate overnight generation as moderate wind and 8.9 GW net imports cover summer nighttime demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 20%
44%
Renewable share
8.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.1 GW
Total generation
8.9 GW
Net import
153.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
89.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
379
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.2 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; natural gas 6.7 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.6 GW appears centre-right as a large conventional power station with a single wide chimney and conveyor gantries, warm amber light spilling from its boiler house windows; wind onshore 7.7 GW spans the right third as a scattered line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their rotors turning slowly, red aviation warning lights blinking at each nacelle; wind offshore 0.9 GW is barely suggested as two distant turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark river; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a short stack and a woodchip storage dome, warmly lit, nestled between the coal plant and the turbines; hydro 1.3 GW is represented by a small concrete dam with spillway and a powerhouse with lit windows at the far left edge beside the cooling towers. The sky is completely black with no twilight or glow, heavy 89% cloud cover erasing all stars, creating an oppressive low ceiling reflecting the orange-sodium industrial glow from below. Temperature is mild summer 16°C: lush dark-green deciduous trees with full canopies line the mid-ground, grass is thick and damp. The atmosphere feels heavy and costly — humid haze diffuses every light source into haloes. A wide river in the foreground reflects the industrial lights in amber and white streaks. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into industrial murk — yet every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and CCGT stack is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.