Wind onshore leads at 14 GW but thermal plants and net imports of 5.5 GW are needed to meet overnight demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 20%
53%
Renewable share
14.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.3 GW
Total generation
-5.5 GW
Net import
130.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.0°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
94.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
327
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.7 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers, their steam plumes rising pale against a pitch-black sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.0 GW occupies the left-centre as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin grey plumes, their metallic housings glinting under harsh white facility lights; hard coal 4.3 GW appears centre-right as a pair of older boiler houses with wide chimneys and conveyor gantries, coal piles faintly visible under amber spotlights; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed power station with a distinctive domed fuel silo and thin white stack, warmly illuminated; wind onshore 14.0 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors turning at moderate speed in the 17 km/h breeze; wind offshore 0.6 GW appears as a tiny distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea sliver; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure in the middle distance with a small floodlit spillway. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no moon visible, 94% cloud cover blocking all stars — a heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down, conveying the weight of the 130.5 EUR/MWh price. The season is mid-May but the 7°C chill is shown through bare-branched undergrowth and damp ground near the foreground. No solar panels anywhere, no sunlight. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with layers of haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and gas turbine exhaust stack. The mood is brooding and industrially sublime, not alarming. No text, no labels.