Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation while 9.5 GW net imports cover remaining demand under light winds.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 30%
37%
Renewable share
8.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.7 GW
Total generation
9.5 GW
Net import
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Day-ahead price
16.3°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
93.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
439
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 7.9 GW occupies the centre-left as a pair of modern CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks and lit turbine halls glowing with warm sodium light; wind onshore 7.2 GW spans the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning very slowly in near-calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking at the nacelles; wind offshore 1.1 GW appears as a faint cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon, tiny lights barely visible; hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular cooling tower and a chimney stack; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack, warmly lit from within; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the mid-ground with water faintly reflecting industrial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy to black, 93% cloud cover blocking all stars, no twilight glow whatsoever — only artificial illumination from sodium streetlights, facility floodlights, and glowing windows defines the structures. The ground is covered in late-summer green vegetation beginning to show the first hints of early autumn, faintly visible under the industrial glow. The atmosphere is calm and still, no dramatic weather, reflecting the 0 EUR/MWh price with a sense of eerie quiet despite the industrial scale. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich dark tones, visible brushwork, atmospheric depth, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing facilities and the surrounding darkness — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.