Brown coal and onshore wind dominate overnight generation as net imports cover a 6.8 GW shortfall at high prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 31%
41%
Renewable share
10.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.3 GW
Total generation
6.8 GW
Net import
165.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.0°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
23.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
425
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by amber sodium-vapor lamps; onshore wind 8.9 GW fills the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; natural gas 5.5 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and small exhaust plumes, illuminated by floodlights; hard coal 4.5 GW sits centre-right as a large coal-fired station with a single massive smokestack and rectangular boiler house, lit windows glowing orange; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and modest chimney near the centre; offshore wind 1.2 GW is visible in the far background as a faint line of turbine lights on the horizon; hydro 0.8 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway at the far right edge. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no sky glow—pure deep-navy-to-black darkness at 4 AM in October. A few cold stars peek through 23% partial cloud cover. The 6°C temperature is conveyed by frost on grass and bare early-autumn trees with sparse remaining brown leaves. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 165 EUR/MWh price—low clouds pressing down, thick industrial steam hanging in still cold air. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric perspective with industrial haze, warm sodium-light oranges contrasting against cold blue-black night. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, gas-turbine exhaust stack, and coal conveyor. No text, no labels.