Evening import dependency of 16.6 GW as fading wind and sunset drive coal, gas, and biomass to sustain 48.9 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 4%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 20%
54%
Renewable share
10.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.2 GW
Solar
32.3 GW
Total generation
-16.6 GW
Net import
140.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.6°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
55.0% / 46.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
319
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 6.6 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a dark night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights. Natural gas 5.4 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin tall exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, warmly lit by amber facility lights. Biomass 4.6 GW appears centre-right as a large industrial CHP facility with a tall smokestack and timber storage yards, illuminated by harsh white work-lights. Hard coal 3.0 GW sits to the right of the biomass as a coal-fired station with a single large cooling tower and conveyor belts, glowing under yellow security lights. Wind onshore 7.2 GW spans the right third of the composition as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors turning slowly in light wind. Wind offshore 3.0 GW is visible far in the background right as a distant cluster of turbines on the horizon above a dark sea, marked by tiny red beacon lights. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the far centre background, with illuminated spillway. Solar 1.2 GW is represented by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, dark and inactive, reflecting only faint artificial light — no sunshine whatsoever. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars faintly visible through 55% broken cloud cover. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 140 EUR/MWh price — a brooding, weighty industrial night. Spring vegetation is lush green but barely visible in the darkness, temperature around 12°C suggested by slight mist near ground level. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of indigo, burnt orange, and coal-black — visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between dark landscape and glowing industrial facilities. Meticulous engineering detail on all turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT stacks, and PV panel frames. No text, no labels.