Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as calm, overcast conditions limit wind and eliminate solar, driving high prices and 8.6 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 36%
31%
Renewable share
5.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.2 GW
Total generation
8.7 GW
Net import
163.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.1°C / 2 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
480
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 8.2 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, their metal housings gleaming under industrial floodlights; wind onshore 4.8 GW occupies the centre-right as a scattered row of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation lights blinking atop each nacelle; wind offshore 1.1 GW appears as a few distant turbines on the far right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack glowing warmly between the gas and wind sections; hard coal 3.2 GW appears as a traditional coal power station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney, positioned behind the brown coal towers on the left; hydro 0.8 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the far background right. The sky is completely black with a 100% overcast ceiling — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy, oppressive cloud layer pressing down, conveying the high electricity price. The season is early October: trees at the edges show the first russet and gold of autumn leaves, visible only where artificial light catches them. The ground is damp. The atmosphere is dense, humid, weighty. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, umber, ochre, and warm sodium-orange; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth achieved through layered haze and industrial steam; meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.