Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation; net imports of 7.8 GW bridge the consumption gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 31%
35%
Renewable share
6.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.4 GW
Total generation
7.9 GW
Net import
196.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.3°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
453
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers, thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, conveyor belts feeding raw brown coal; natural gas 7.8 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a single large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler house and a fat smokestack; wind onshore 5.8 GW spans the right portion as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a low ridge, slowly turning; wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by distant small turbines on the far-right horizon; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip facility with a squat cylindrical silo and modest steam vent beside the coal plant; hydro 1.0 GW is a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley fold at far right. TIME: midnight, completely dark sky — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars barely visible through an oppressive heavy atmosphere suggesting the high electricity price. Sodium-orange streetlights line a road in the foreground, casting pools of amber on autumn-yellowed grass and bare-branching trees at 11°C in late September. A moderate breeze of 13 km/h stirs branches and turbine blades. Industrial facility windows glow warm yellow-white. Clear sky overhead (0% cloud) yet the atmosphere feels thick and weighty. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on each turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, CCGT exhaust geometry, and coal conveyor structure. No text, no labels.