Brown coal, gas, and onshore wind lead generation while 15.2 GW net imports fill a nighttime supply gap at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 22%
50%
Renewable share
10.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.7 GW
Total generation
-15.3 GW
Net import
161.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.7°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
337
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.2 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers rising against a pitch-black night sky, thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.6 GW occupies the left-centre as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer, surrounded by glowing control buildings; onshore wind 8.8 GW spans the right half of the composition as a long diagonal recession of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, blades turning in moderate wind; offshore wind 1.6 GW appears as faint red dots on the far-right horizon suggesting distant turbines at sea; hard coal 2.5 GW sits behind the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular stack and conveyor infrastructure; biomass 4.3 GW appears centre-right as a wood-chip-fired plant with a modest chimney and stacked timber storage visible under floodlights; hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a dark river in the foreground reflecting the industrial lights, with a small weir and turbine house at the water's edge. The sky is entirely black with 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars, creating a heavy oppressive ceiling that presses down on the scene — no twilight glow, no moon, pure darkness above the artificial light. Late-May deciduous trees in full leaf frame the edges, barely visible as dark silhouettes. The atmosphere is humid and warm at 18.7°C, with a faint haze diffusing the sodium lights. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of blacks, deep navy blues, burnt oranges, and warm industrial yellows — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between glowing industrial facilities and surrounding darkness. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all technology: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles with condensation plumes, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.