Brown coal and wind lead domestic generation as Germany imports heavily to meet strong morning demand at 131.9 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 14%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 22%
54%
Renewable share
8.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.8 GW
Solar
35.2 GW
Total generation
-15.2 GW
Net import
131.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.5°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
318
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.6 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes against the pre-dawn sky; natural gas 5.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks releasing thin vapour trails; wind onshore 4.7 GW fills the centre as a cluster of three-blade turbines on lattice towers standing nearly still on a calm morning; solar 4.8 GW appears centre-right as rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a hillside, dark and barely catching the first pale pre-dawn glow; wind offshore 3.8 GW is visible in the far right background as a line of turbines standing in a grey sea on the distant horizon; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a single smokestack emitting grey-brown smoke near the onshore turbines; hard coal 2.7 GW is rendered as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular cooling tower and coal bunkers to the far left behind the lignite plant; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and spillway nestled in a forested valley in the far background right. The sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale glow emerging on the eastern horizon—no direct sunlight yet, a cold pre-dawn atmosphere. The air feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: low haze clings to the valley, muting colours. Temperature is 6.5°C—late spring but cold, so vegetation is green yet with frost-tinged edges on grass, bare dew on metal structures. Wind is nearly calm at 4 km/h, turbine blades frozen mid-rotation. Zero cloud cover reveals a clear but dark firmament overhead, fading to pale steel blue at the horizon. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich, sombre colour palette of deep blues, slate greys, amber industrial glows from facility windows and sodium streetlights, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layered fog in valleys, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.