Brown coal, hard coal, wind, and gas anchor nighttime generation while 14 GW of net imports fill the gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 25%
48%
Renewable share
9.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.6 GW
Total generation
14.0 GW
Net import
189.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.2°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
62.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
374
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.5 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers exhaling thick white steam plumes into the night sky, their concrete forms lit by amber sodium lamps at their bases; hard coal 4.6 GW occupies the left-center as a blocky power station with conveyor belts and a tall chimney stack glowing faintly orange; natural gas 3.7 GW appears center-right as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a thin heat shimmer, lit by industrial floodlights; wind onshore 6.6 GW stretches across the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their rotors turning slowly, red aviation warning lights blinking at the nacelles; wind offshore 3.2 GW is suggested in the far distance as a faint row of turbine lights on the dark horizon line; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed storage silo and a modest smokestack near the center; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure in the mid-ground with water catching reflected light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with no twilight or sky glow, partially overcast at 62% cloud cover with clouds faintly visible only where industrial light catches them from below. The landscape is a gentle Central German rolling terrain with late-summer green vegetation beginning to hint at early autumn, temperature a mild 15°C. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding, dense quality to the air. No sunshine, no solar panels anywhere. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich deep blues, warm amber industrial glows, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.