Brown coal and onshore wind dominate overnight generation as Germany imports 5.4 GW to meet demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 28%
45%
Renewable share
13.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.1 GW
Total generation
5.4 GW
Net import
181.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.0°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
17.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
392
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.1 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the night sky; onshore wind 10.8 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling farmland, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; natural gas 6.5 GW appears centre-left as a compact cluster of CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heated exhaust, their facilities lit by sodium-orange industrial lighting; hard coal 4.6 GW sits behind the lignite station as a smaller coal plant with rectangular boiler houses and a single squat cooling tower; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fired plant with a modest smokestack and fuel storage silos; offshore wind 2.4 GW is suggested on the distant right horizon as faint red aviation warning lights in a line; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small dam structure nestled in a valley in the far background. The scene is set at midnight — the sky is completely black with scattered stars visible through 17% cloud cover, no twilight or sky glow whatsoever. The landscape is lit only by sodium streetlamps casting orange pools along access roads, glowing windows in control buildings, and red obstruction lights on turbine nacelles and smokestacks. Early autumn vegetation — dark silhouettes of deciduous trees beginning to thin, stubble fields after harvest. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: dense steam from cooling towers hangs low, diffusing the artificial light into a murky amber haze near ground level. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the black sky and glowing industrial infrastructure, atmospheric depth with layers of mist and steam, meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.