Brown coal and onshore wind co-dominate at night while 8.4 GW of net imports cover the generation shortfall.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
45%
Renewable share
14.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.7 GW
Total generation
8.5 GW
Net import
174.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.9°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
386
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.0 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 night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the power station grounds; wind onshore 12.4 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice-and-tubular towers stretching across dark rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in unison; natural gas 7.9 GW fills the centre-right as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, its turbine hall glowing with interior fluorescent light through high windows; hard coal 4.2 GW appears centre-left as a conventional coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt structures illuminated by floodlights; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest exhaust stack, warm amber light spilling from its loading bay; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested in the far background as a faint line of red blinking lights on the dark horizon representing distant North Sea turbines; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small dam structure in the lower-right foreground, water gleaming under a single floodlight. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever, only the artificial illumination of industrial infrastructure. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, befitting a high electricity price hour. Autumn vegetation — bare-branching oaks, damp brown grass — is faintly visible in foreground lamplight. Temperature around 13°C suggested by mist clinging to the ground near the cooling towers. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette dominated by deep navy, charcoal, burnt umber, and sulfurous orange-amber from sodium lights; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and sky; atmospheric depth achieved through layers of industrial haze; meticulous engineering accuracy in turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, and CCGT exhaust details. The composition feels monumental and brooding, an industrial sublime. No text, no labels.