Brown coal and wind lead generation as Germany imports 8.4 GW under cold, calm, overcast night conditions.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
45%
Renewable share
12.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.6 GW
Total generation
-8.4 GW
Net import
131.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.8°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
399
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 12.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; wind onshore 10.0 GW spans the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across a flat plain, rotors turning very slowly in negligible wind, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; natural gas 6.0 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 5.0 GW sits centre-right as a traditional coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt infrastructure, glowing orange from interior furnace light; biomass 4.7 GW is rendered as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with wood-chip storage domes and a modest exhaust flue, warm amber light spilling from open loading bays; wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested in the far background as faint red lights in a line along a distant dark horizon; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small dam structure at the far right edge with water glinting under floodlights. The sky is completely black — no twilight, no moon, heavy 100% overcast cloud ceiling pressing low, rendered in deep navy and charcoal tones. The ground is a late-winter German lowland landscape, bare deciduous trees, patches of frost on brown grass, temperature near freezing suggested by visible breath-like condensation around structures. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding, weighty industrial night. Artificial lighting only: sodium-orange streetlights along access roads, cool-white floodlights on plant structures, warm glows from control-room windows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth, dramatic tonal contrasts between deep shadow and industrial luminance — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.