Brown coal and onshore wind lead overnight generation; tight margins and 3.6 GW net imports drive elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 30%
44%
Renewable share
11.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.9 GW
Total generation
3.6 GW
Net import
166.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
54.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
404
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; onshore wind 10.8 GW fills the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers stretching across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; natural gas 5.5 GW appears in the centre-right as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer, lit by harsh white facility lighting; hard coal 4.3 GW sits centre-left as a coal-fired station with a single large chimney trailing a faint plume, conveyor belts faintly visible; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a modest industrial plant with a rectangular stack and wood-chip storage dome in the mid-ground; offshore wind 1.0 GW is suggested by a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon; hydro 0.8 GW is a small dam structure with spillway in the far background. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow, partially clouded at 54% cover so some stars peek through gaps. Temperature is a chilly 6.8°C — the autumn vegetation is muted brown and ochre, bare branches on scattered trees, frost beginning to form on grass. Moderate wind at 10 km/h drives visible motion in steam plumes and turbine blades. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding, weighty industrial night. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric chiaroscuro, dramatic contrast between the warm sodium-lit industrial facilities and the cold dark countryside, meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, and CCGT stacks. No text, no labels.