Coal and gas backstop a cloudy, low-wind summer evening as 22.8 GW of net imports bridge the generation gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 7%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 18%
59%
Renewable share
7.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.7 GW
Solar
25.9 GW
Total generation
-22.8 GW
Net import
152.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.6°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 3.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
279
gCOâ‚‚/kWh
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Wind onshore 6.2 GW occupies the right quarter as a cluster of tall three-blade turbines on rolling green hills, their rotors turning slowly in gentle wind; wind offshore 1.6 GW appears as a few distant turbines on a dark horizon line at far right. Brown coal 4.7 GW dominates the left third as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Natural gas 4.3 GW fills the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, surrounded by steel piping and glowing control-room windows. Hard coal 1.8 GW appears just left of centre as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular stack and a conveyor belt silhouette. Biomass 4.0 GW is rendered centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed digester and a modest chimney, warm amber light spilling from its service doors. Hydro 1.7 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the middle distance with white water cascading from spillways. Solar 1.7 GW is represented only by a small array of darkened crystalline PV panels in the foreground, reflecting no sunlight, nearly invisible. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-to-black June night sky at 20:00, no twilight, no sunset glow, fully overcast at 99% cloud cover so no stars are visible, just a heavy oppressive blanket of dark clouds pressed low. The atmosphere feels dense and weighty, reflecting the 152.4 EUR/MWh price. Summer vegetation — full leafy deciduous trees, tall grass — is barely visible in the ambient industrial glow. Sodium streetlights cast pools of orange along an access road in the foreground. Power transmission pylons with high-voltage lines stretch across the scene from left to right, connecting the plants. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette dominated by deep blues, warm oranges, and coal-smoke greys; visible expressive brushwork; atmospheric depth with industrial haze; each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy including turbine nacelles, lattice towers, aluminium panel frames, and cooling tower ribbing. No text, no labels.