Brown coal, wind, and gas dominate nighttime generation as 7.3 GW of net imports cover elevated autumn demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 12%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 25%
45%
Renewable share
15.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
45.7 GW
Total generation
7.3 GW
Net import
189.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
46.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
377
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers belching thick white steam plumes into the night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; wind onshore 9.9 GW and wind offshore 5.7 GW together span the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across a darkened ridge and distant coastline, their red aviation warning lights blinking; natural gas 9.0 GW fills the center-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with slim exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white facility lighting; hard coal 4.5 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single tall smokestack and conveyor gantry in the middle ground; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a rounded silo and low steam vent, positioned center-right; hydro 0.8 GW is a small dam structure barely visible in the far background with a thin ribbon of water catching reflected light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow, only stars faintly visible through 46% patchy cloud cover that drifts across parts of the firmament. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding, dense quality to the air with haze around the cooling towers. Autumn landscape: bare-branching deciduous trees with a few remaining brown-gold leaves, cool 11°C temperature suggested by mist hugging low ground, grass fading to dormant brown. Light wind stirs the mist gently. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, deep colour palette of burnt umber, Prussian blue, and warm sodium orange; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze receding into blackness; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower contour, and exhaust stack. The scene conveys the sublime tension between nature and industry at night. No text, no labels.