Brown coal and gas dominate evening generation as 18.2 GW of net imports bridge a large supply gap under overcast, windless skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 32%
38%
Renewable share
9.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.5 GW
Total generation
18.2 GW
Net import
257.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.1°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
432
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.5 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the night sky, their concrete forms lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 8.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze, their metallic housings gleaming under halogen work lights; wind onshore 7.3 GW spans the centre-right as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers receding into darkness across flat agricultural land, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of smaller turbine silhouettes on the far-right horizon above a barely visible dark waterline; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a modest industrial facility with a squat smokestack and wood-chip storage silos near the centre, warmly lit; hard coal 3.2 GW sits beside the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional power station with a single large chimney and conveyor belts visible under floodlights; hydro 0.8 GW is a small dam structure in the far background with faint illumination reflecting off dark water. The sky is completely black to deep navy, fully overcast at 100% cloud cover with no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — pure night at 20:00 in October. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme 257.5 EUR/MWh price — low haze clings to the ground, steam merges into dense cloud, the air feels thick and costly. Temperature is mild at 17°C so vegetation is still green but muted, autumn leaves visible on foreground trees lit by spillover industrial light. Light wind barely moves the turbine blades. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dramatic chiaroscuro between glowing industrial facilities and surrounding darkness, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of steam and haze receding into the black distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.