Brown coal and onshore wind lead overnight generation; 12.2 GW net imports needed to meet 37.7 GW demand at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 26%
43%
Renewable share
5.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
25.5 GW
Total generation
-12.2 GW
Net import
123.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.1°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
402
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 6.7 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; onshore wind 5.3 GW spans the centre-left as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the blackness, rotors turning at moderate pace; natural gas 4.1 GW appears centre-right as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white security lighting; biomass 4.1 GW sits nearby as a squat industrial plant with a large wood-chip conveyor and a modest smokestack trailing faint vapour, warmly lit; hard coal 3.6 GW occupies the right side as a traditional power station with a tall brick chimney and coal bunkers, floodlit in amber; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested in the far background as a concrete dam wall with faint spillway lights reflected in dark water. The sky is completely black with a deep navy tone near the horizon, cloudless, scattered with sharp bright stars and a faint Milky Way band — no twilight, no sky glow. The landscape is a gently rolling German plain in early May, with fresh spring grass barely visible in the artificial light, scattered birch trees with young pale-green leaves. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive — a subtle haze of industrial vapour and warmth hangs low over the scene, conveying the high electricity price. Distant transmission pylons with red warning lights recede toward the horizon, hinting at cross-border power flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of deep blacks, warm ambers, cool blues, visible impasto brushwork — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology: correct nacelle shapes, three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, hyperbolic concrete tower geometry, CCGT exhaust detail. No text, no labels.