Brown coal and wind dominate overnight generation as Germany draws 3.7 GW of net imports under overcast autumn skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
47%
Renewable share
14.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.6 GW
Total generation
3.7 GW
Net import
152.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.2°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
97.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
376
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers billowing thick white steam into the black sky; wind onshore 12.4 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across dark rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; natural gas 6.9 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with twin tall exhaust stacks venting thin plumes, lit by sodium-yellow industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the lignite plant as a smaller conventional power station with a single large smokestack and coal conveyors illuminated by white work-lights; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a green-lit hopper and modest stack near the right foreground; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway in the far right background, its turbine house glowing faintly; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested on the distant horizon as a faint line of red aviation lights above a dark sea. The sky is completely black and starless under 97% cloud cover — no moon, no twilight, pure darkness — with a heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling reflecting the orange-amber sodium glow of the industrial facilities below. The season is early autumn: trees along field edges show browning foliage barely visible in the artificial light, temperature around 12°C suggested by faint mist clinging to low ground. The atmosphere is dense and brooding, conveying the high electricity price through the heavy, close sky pressing down. Style: a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich impasto brushwork, luminous contrast between deep shadow and the warm industrial glow, atmospheric depth receding into hazy darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.