Wind and brown coal dominate overnight generation as net imports cover a 1.6 GW shortfall under overcast skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 22%
54%
Renewable share
16.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.9 GW
Total generation
1.5 GW
Net import
151.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.6°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
98.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
330
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.2 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into blackness, their concrete flanks lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.9 GW sits just right of centre as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular stacks and conveyor belts illuminated by yellow service lights; natural gas 4.8 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin wisps, positioned centre-right, its turbine hall glowing with interior light through high windows; wind onshore 12.8 GW spans the entire right third and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors turning at moderate pace; wind offshore 4.0 GW is suggested in the far-right distance as a faint line of red warning lights on the horizon above a barely visible dark sea; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a smaller industrial plant with a woodchip storage dome and single smokestack near the coal complex; hydro 1.4 GW is depicted as a concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway in the mid-ground. The sky is completely black with heavy 98% overcast—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow—a deep oppressive canopy pressing down to convey the high 151.8 EUR/MWh price. The season is late summer: lush dark foliage on trees barely visible at the margins, grass damp with dew. Ground-level mist drifts between the cooling towers. The entire scene is lit only by artificial sources—sodium streetlights casting amber pools along an access road, floodlights on industrial structures, the red pulse of turbine beacons. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between firelit industry and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with misty layering, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.