Wind and brown coal lead overnight generation, but a 10.5 GW import need drives prices above 118 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 23%
50%
Renewable share
10.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.6 GW
Total generation
-10.6 GW
Net import
118.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.6°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
346
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#1
Dead Calm
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Brown coal 7.1 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; onshore wind 9.6 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; natural gas 4.9 GW occupies the centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.6 GW appears centre-right as a traditional coal plant with rectangular boiler houses and a pair of striped chimneys; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a domed anaerobic digester and wood-chip conveyor belt lit by sodium floodlights; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam and penstock structure near a dark river in the far background; offshore wind 0.7 GW is barely visible as a few distant turbines on the far horizon line. TIME: midnight — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, absolutely no twilight or sky glow, a 99% overcast ceiling erasing all stars, heavy oppressive cloud layer pressing down. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights, amber industrial floodlights on the power plants, and the red blinking nacelle lights of the turbines. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and leafy trees — is barely perceptible in the sodium glow, temperature mild at 12.6°C with a moderate breeze animating the turbine blades and bending steam plumes slightly. The atmosphere is heavy, dense, and oppressive, reflecting high electricity prices. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of deep indigo, burnt sienna, and amber; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with layered fog and industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack; the scene feels like a grand industrial nocturne worthy of a museum wall. No text, no labels.