Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as 8.9 GW of net imports fill the consumption gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 31%
39%
Renewable share
9.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.8 GW
Total generation
8.9 GW
Net import
183.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.3°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
80.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
429
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a dense cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, their concrete forms faintly lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 7.3 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT power stations with slim exhaust stacks emitting pale heat shimmer, lit by harsh security lighting; wind onshore 7.7 GW spans the centre-right as rows of three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking slowly, blades turning lazily in light wind; hard coal 3.7 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor infrastructure in the right-centre, illuminated by amber lights; biomass 3.9 GW sits in the right foreground as a compact wood-chip-fed combined heat and power facility with a modest stack and visible fuel storage, warmly lit from within; hydro 0.9 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the far right distance with spillway gently lit. Wind offshore 1.4 GW is hinted at on the far horizon as tiny red blinking lights on the sea. The sky is completely black and starless with 80% cloud cover creating an oppressive low ceiling faintly reflecting the industrial orange glow from below. The season is early autumn with still-green deciduous trees showing first hints of yellowing leaves in the foreground. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. No sunshine, no solar panels anywhere. The overall style is a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep night sky and the orange-lit industrial foreground, atmospheric depth with haze and steam merging into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and gas turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.