Coal and gas dominate nighttime generation as 15.7 GW net imports bridge a wide supply gap under overcast skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 18%
Brown coal 23%
37%
Renewable share
5.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.8 GW
Total generation
15.7 GW
Net import
187.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.2°C / 19 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
428
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.8 GW dominates the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a pitch-black sky, their concrete surfaces lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 5.2 GW sits just right of centre as a sprawling dark industrial complex with conveyor belts, tall chimneys trailing thin smoke, and red aviation warning lights; natural gas 6.6 GW occupies the centre-right as two compact CCGT power stations with single tall exhaust stacks emitting translucent heat shimmer, lit by harsh white floodlights; onshore wind 4.2 GW appears as a row of modern three-blade turbines on a ridge in the mid-background, their red nacelle lights blinking against the darkness, blades turning at moderate speed in 19 km/h wind; offshore wind 1.3 GW is suggested far in the background as faint clusters of blinking red dots on the horizon line; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a rounded wood-chip silo and a single smokestack with faint warm exhaust, lit by yellowish industrial lighting; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far left background with subtle white water cascading and a single floodlight. The sky is entirely overcast, 100% cloud cover, completely dark — deep black-navy with no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy oppressive canopy reflecting the 187.4 EUR/MWh price tension. Late August vegetation: dark green deciduous trees barely visible in the foreground, summer grass. The ground is damp-looking. A network of high-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons crosses the scene left to right, their cables faintly glinting in the industrial light, symbolising the heavy import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The mood is sombre, industrial, monumental. No text, no labels.