Brown coal, hard coal, and gas anchor a 33.4 GW nighttime grid alongside moderate wind, driving a high clearing price.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 23%
44%
Renewable share
9.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.4 GW
Total generation
+33.4 GW
Net export
194.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.7°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
86.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
391
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white-grey steam plumes into the night sky, their concrete forms lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 5.4 GW appears left-of-centre as a dense coal-fired power station with tall rectangular boiler buildings and conveyor gantries, coal dust visible under harsh arc lights; natural gas 5.4 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by white mercury-vapour lamps; wind onshore 7.3 GW fills the right portion of the composition as a staggered line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers receding across rolling farmland, their red aviation warning lights blinking against a completely dark sky; wind offshore 2.3 GW is suggested by distant turbines visible on a dark horizon line beyond a river or estuary; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a cylindrical wood-chip silo and a single modest smokestack emitting pale vapour, positioned between the coal and gas plants; hydro 1.2 GW is rendered as a small concrete dam with illuminated spillway at the far right edge. The sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no moon, 86% cloud cover shown as a heavy, low overcast blanket faintly reflecting the orange and white industrial glow from below, creating an oppressive, heavy atmosphere consistent with 194.9 EUR/MWh pricing. Late-summer vegetation: dark green deciduous trees with full canopies, stubble fields barely visible in the ambient light. Light wind suggested by gently turning turbine blades. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich, deep colour palette dominated by blacks, warm ambers, and cold steel blues, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.