Brown coal, onshore wind, and gas dominate overnight generation as 8 GW of net imports cover domestic shortfall.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 32%
39%
Renewable share
7.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.2 GW
Total generation
8.0 GW
Net import
171.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.3°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
97.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
426
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive complex of four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the plant infrastructure; wind onshore 6.9 GW spans the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a dark ridgeline, their red aviation warning lights blinking, rotors barely turning in the still air; natural gas 5.9 GW occupies the center-right as two compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin pale plumes, warmly lit by floodlights; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a domed digester and low chimneys near the center-left, glowing with amber interior light; hard coal 2.9 GW sits beside the brown coal complex as a smaller plant with a rectangular cooling tower and conveyor belt structures under yellow spotlights; hydro 0.8 GW is a small dam structure in the far background, its spillway faintly lit. The sky is completely black with 97% cloud cover blocking all stars, creating an oppressive low ceiling that reflects the industrial glow in a sickly amber-orange haze — conveying the high electricity price through a heavy, suffocating atmosphere. The season is early autumn: dark silhouettes of deciduous trees with thinning leaves frame the foreground, temperature around 11°C suggested by a faint mist clinging to the ground. The air is dead still. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of burnt sienna, lamp black, and Prussian blue, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting from the industrial sources against the void of night, atmospheric depth with haze layers, meticulous engineering detail on each facility. No text, no labels.