Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight supply as low wind and zero solar drive net imports of 8.2 GW.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 36%
26%
Renewable share
3.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.8 GW
Total generation
8.1 GW
Net import
205.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.3°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
30.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
522
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive cluster of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky; natural gas 8.1 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat haze; hard coal 4.9 GW appears centre-right as a gritty coal-fired station with a large smokestack and conveyor belts carrying fuel; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a timber-clad fuel silo and modest chimney glowing warmly; onshore wind 3.0 GW occupies the far right as a small group of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning very slowly in faint breeze; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway barely visible in the distance; offshore wind 0.6 GW is a faint silhouette of a few turbines on the far-right horizon over dark water. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no glow on the horizon — deep midnight darkness, only sodium-orange streetlights lining an access road and the amber glow from industrial windows illuminating plumes of steam from below. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, slightly hazy — reflecting the high electricity price. Mild September vegetation: grass still green but with the first hints of autumn in the tree canopy at the edges. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette dominated by deep navy, umber, and burnt orange — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, chiaroscuro contrast between glowing industrial facilities and the vast dark sky. Meticulous engineering detail on each facility: riveted steel, concrete hyperbolic curves, nacelle housings, three-blade rotors. No text, no labels.