Brown coal, wind, and gas dominate evening generation as Germany imports 12 GW under full overcast.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 29%
39%
Renewable share
9.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.6 GW
Total generation
12.0 GW
Net import
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Day-ahead price
16.8°C / 7 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
422
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 7.7 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a smaller conventional coal plant with a single rectangular stack and conveyor gantry; wind onshore 8.3 GW spans the right third as a line of twenty tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, their aviation warning lights blinking red; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical wood-chip silo and modest chimney near the gas plant; hydro 0.9 GW is a small dam structure at the far left edge with water barely visible. TIME: 20:00 in September — full night, completely dark sky, no twilight, no sky glow, deep black-navy overhead with 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars. All structures illuminated only by harsh sodium-orange industrial floodlights, security lights, and red aviation beacons on turbine nacelles and stacks. The landscape is late-summer central German rolling terrain with green deciduous trees still in full leaf but receding into darkness. Mild 16.8°C air with light 7 km/h breeze barely stirring the grass. The mood is calm and industrial despite the darkness, reflecting a 0 EUR/MWh price — open, quiet atmosphere without oppressive weight. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, luminous industrial glow against velvet darkness, atmospheric depth with moisture haze around the cooling towers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower's parabolic curve, every gas-stack flange. No text, no labels.