Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate a low-wind, import-dependent German grid at 132 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 26%
29%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.9 GW
Total generation
-16.4 GW
Net import
132.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.8°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
97.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
475
gCO₂/kWh
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Natural gas 8.8 GW dominates the centre-right as a cluster of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks venting pale plumes into the darkness; brown coal 8.0 GW occupies the left third as massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick billowing steam clouds lit from below by orange sodium lights; hard coal 5.1 GW appears centre-left as a row of industrial boiler houses with tall chimneys and conveyor gantries; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as mid-ground combined-heat-and-power plants with cylindrical wood-chip silos and modest stacks; onshore wind 2.9 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a ridge in the right background, rotors barely turning in the still air; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a concrete dam with a faint white tailrace in the far distance. The scene is set at 23:00 on an April night—the sky is completely black with no twilight glow, heavy 97% overcast eliminating any stars, creating an oppressive low ceiling reflecting the industrial amber glow. Temperature is a chilly 6.8°C; early-spring bare-branched trees with just a few pale leaf buds line a dark foreground field, frost glinting faintly on the grass. The atmosphere is heavy and hazy, conveying the high electricity price through a dense, brooding industrial mood. Artificial light sources—sodium streetlamps casting orange pools, white LED floodlights on plant structures, glowing control-room windows—provide the only illumination, reflecting off the steam plumes and low clouds. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.