Wind and brown coal lead limited domestic generation as Germany imports roughly 26 GW during an overcast evening peak.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 2%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 27%
59%
Renewable share
11.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.5 GW
Solar
29.1 GW
Total generation
-26.5 GW
Net import
138.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.3°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
312
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy sky; wind onshore 8.4 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across a flat, winter-brown agricultural plain, rotors turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 3.0 GW appears in the far background right as a cluster of turbines on the grey North Sea horizon; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with cylindrical wood-chip silos and a modest smokestack emitting pale exhaust; hard coal 2.3 GW appears as a coal-fired station with a tall rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts, positioned to the left of centre; natural gas 1.9 GW is a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and low-profile turbine hall, slightly behind the coal station; hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a shallow valley at the far left edge; solar 0.5 GW is barely visible as a few dark aluminium-framed PV panels on a barn roof, catching no light. Time is 18:00 late March dusk in central Germany: the sky is a rapidly fading orange-red glow along the very low western horizon, with the rest of the sky darkening to deep grey-blue under total 100% overcast — heavy, oppressive, low stratiform clouds pressing down, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is 3.3°C: bare deciduous trees, frost-tinged brown grass, patches of old snow in field furrows. The atmosphere feels weighty and cold. Sodium streetlights are beginning to flicker on along a rural road in the foreground. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, moody colour palette of umber, slate grey, rust orange, and deep indigo; visible impasto brushwork especially in the cloud layer and steam plumes; atmospheric perspective giving depth across the wide industrial plain; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.