Lignite, gas, and moderate wind anchor overnight supply as Germany draws 8.2 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 25%
41%
Renewable share
8.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.5 GW
Total generation
-8.2 GW
Net import
107.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.6°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
406
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a gritty power station with conveyor belts and a single large smokestack; wind onshore 6.0 GW stretches across the right quarter as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers slowly turning on a ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested in the far-right distance as faint blinking lights on the horizon representing a North Sea wind farm; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a glowing furnace visible through open bay doors, positioned between the coal and wind sections; hydro 1.4 GW is a small run-of-river weir in the foreground with water gleaming under floodlights. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy, 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — only industrial artificial lighting in sodium orange and cool white illuminates the facilities. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hinting at elevated electricity prices. Early spring vegetation is barely visible — bare branches, damp brown grass, patches of frost on the ground reflecting 7.6°C temperatures. The landscape is flat central German lowland. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, burnt umber, and ochre, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — yet every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and CCGT exhaust stack is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.