Biomass, brown coal, and offshore wind anchor a constrained 15.1 GW domestic supply at elevated evening prices.
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Generation mix
Wind offshore 23%
Biomass 28%
Hydro 12%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 23%
63%
Renewable share
3.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
15.1 GW
Total generation
+15.1 GW
Net export
103.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.7°C / 22 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
87.0% / 128.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
275
gCOâ‚‚/kWh
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Biomass 4.2 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of large wood-chip-fed power stations with tall cylindrical stacks trailing white steam; brown coal 3.4 GW occupies the centre-left as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with dense grey-white vapor plumes rising from a lignite opencast complex; offshore wind 3.5 GW spans the right third as a distant line of towering three-blade turbines visible across a dark sea on the horizon; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a modest concrete dam with spillway in the lower-right middle ground nestled among forested hills; natural gas 1.1 GW is a compact single CCGT unit with a slender exhaust stack and faint heat shimmer at centre-right; hard coal 1.1 GW is a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular boiler house and conveyor belt at far left. The scene is set at dusk in central Germany — the lower horizon glows deep orange-red, rapidly fading upward into darkening slate-blue and violet sky; 87% cloud cover creates a heavy, layered overcast pressing down ominously, conveying the high electricity price as oppressive atmospheric weight. Spring vegetation is emerging — pale green buds on birch and beech trees, fresh grass — at 11.7 °C the air feels cool and damp. A moderate wind bends the treetops and sends ripples across a river in the foreground. No solar panels visible anywhere — the sun is gone. Sodium streetlights begin to glow amber along a road winding through the industrial landscape. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.