Brown coal, gas, and onshore wind lead domestic generation as Germany imports heavily at 240 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 6%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 23%
48%
Renewable share
7.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.8 GW
Solar
31.1 GW
Total generation
-22.1 GW
Net import
240.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.3°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 40.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
349
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.1 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a completely dark, overcast night sky, their concrete shells lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.5 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with slender exhaust stacks trailing thin heat shimmer, each facility glowing with white LED security lighting; onshore wind 6.0 GW spans the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers atop gentle rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the blackness, blades turning at moderate speed in 13 km/h winds; biomass 4.3 GW appears in the right-centre as a wood-chip-fired industrial plant with a squat smokestack and conveyor belts, warmly lit from within; hard coal 2.4 GW sits behind the brown coal plant as a smaller facility with a tall square chimney and visible coal bunkers; hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the far right background with water cascading over spillways, lit by a single floodlight; offshore wind 1.2 GW is hinted at by distant red lights on the far horizon suggesting turbines at sea; solar 1.8 GW appears as a small array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, completely dark and inactive, catching only the faint amber reflection of nearby streetlights. The sky is pitch black with complete 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy, oppressive, warm ceiling of cloud pressing down, conveying the high electricity price. The season is late May with lush green deciduous trees and tall grass visible in the foreground under artificial light, suggesting 26°C warmth with humid, still evening air. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, burnt sienna, amber, and charcoal grey — with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth created through layered industrial haze, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and CCGT exhaust detail. The composition evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime scale but applied to an industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.