Coal and gas dominate overnight generation while moderate wind and heavy imports fill the gap at 41 GW demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 21%
45%
Renewable share
8.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.9 GW
Total generation
10.2 GW
Net import
148.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.6°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
71.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
378
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of four massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, their concrete shells faintly lit by orange sodium lamps at their bases; hard coal 4.6 GW appears just right of centre as a blocky power station with tall chimneys and conveyor gantries, red aviation lights blinking on the stacks; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT plants with slender silver exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by bluish industrial floodlights; wind onshore 8.1 GW spans the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, their nacelle lights blinking red in slow unison, rotors turning gently; wind offshore 0.8 GW is suggested by a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark river; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and a single smokestack with warm amber glow, positioned between the coal plant and gas units; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure in the lower foreground with faintly illuminated spillway water catching reflected light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon visible, heavy cloud cover at 71% obscuring stars, creating a low oppressive ceiling that traps the warm glow of the industrial facilities. The atmosphere feels heavy and humid at 15.6°C, with summer vegetation — dark leafy trees and tall grass — barely visible in the foreground, rendered in deep greens and blacks. The elevated price is conveyed through an oppressive, close atmosphere with low-hanging clouds tinged orange-brown from the reflected industrial light below. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, saturated colour palette of burnt sienna, deep Prussian blue, and cadmium orange; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and sky; atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze receding into darkness; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, conveyor belt, and exhaust stack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich reimagining an industrial nocturne — sublime, brooding, technically precise. No text, no labels.