Brown coal, gas, and moderate wind supply a 39 GW night load requiring 9.9 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 26%
46%
Renewable share
8.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.4 GW
Total generation
-9.9 GW
Net import
121.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.7°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
384
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 4.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks releasing pale heat shimmer; hard coal 3.3 GW appears just right of centre as a gritty coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts faintly illuminated; wind onshore 4.7 GW fills the right-centre as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning slowly, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 3.4 GW is suggested in the far right background as a row of turbines standing in dark water, their warning lights reflecting; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack, warmly lit from within; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure at the far right edge with water glistening under floodlight. The sky is completely black with heavy 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow, deep navy-charcoal clouds pressed low. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the sodium lamplight, damp with nighttime dew at 10.7°C. Light wind barely stirs the branches. A river in the mid-ground reflects the orange industrial glow. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the darkness toward the horizon, symbolising cross-border imports. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric depth and moody tonal gradations — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.